Chest Tomb Approximately 21 Metres South of Nave of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 June 1988. Chest tomb.
Chest Tomb Approximately 21 Metres South of Nave of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- crooked-flint-bittern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 June 1988
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SP 439 198
- Coordinates
- 51.87555, -1.36357
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, located approximately 21 meters south of the nave of the Church of St. Mary, dates from the early 19th century. It is made of limestone and features a moulded plinth and cornice, along with fluted pilasters. The tomb commemorates Richard Forham, who died in 1816.
Local climate
Chest Tomb Approximately 21 Metres South of Nave of Church of St Mary receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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