Chest Tomb Approximately 6 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St Matthew is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 March 1989. A C18 Tomb.
Chest Tomb Approximately 6 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St Matthew
- WRENN ID
- vast-brass-flax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 March 1989
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SP 249 025
- Coordinates
- 51.72098, -1.64042
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, located approximately 6 meters east of the chancel of the Church of St. Matthew, dates from the mid to late 18th century. It is made of limestone and has a rectangular shape with a stepped moulded plinth, capping, and a cavetto-moulded top. The tomb features Rococo carving on all sides. The north side is covered in ivy, and the inscriptions were illegible at the time of the last survey in July 1987.
Local climate
Chest Tomb Approximately 6 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St Matthew receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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