Chest Tomb Approximately 25 Metres North of Chancel of Church of St Kenelm is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 August 1988. Tomb.

Chest Tomb Approximately 25 Metres North of Chancel of Church of St Kenelm

WRENN ID
ragged-stone-grain
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Oxfordshire
Constituency
Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 August 1988
Type
Tomb
OS grid reference
SP 379 251
Coordinates
51.92363, -1.44912
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This chest tomb, dating from around 1759, is located approximately 25 meters north of the chancel of the Church of St. Kenelm in Enstone. It is made of marlstone and features a rectangular shape with a moulded base and cover. The tomb has large recessed rectangular corner balusters, recessed side panels, and swelling oval end panels. One of the end panels is inscribed with "AP/1759".

Local climate

Chest Tomb Approximately 25 Metres North of Chancel of Church of St Kenelm 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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