Chest Tomb Approximately 12 Metres South East of South East Corner of Chancel of Church of St Stephen is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 March 1989. Tomb.
Chest Tomb Approximately 12 Metres South East of South East Corner of Chancel of Church of St Stephen
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- 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 283 021
- Coordinates
- 51.71732, -1.59075
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, located approximately 12 meters southeast of the southeast corner of the chancel of the Church of St. Stephen, is likely from the late 17th century. It is made of limestone and features a rectangular shape with a cavetto-moulded capping. At the time of the last survey in July 1987, no inscriptions were legible.
Local climate
Chest Tomb Approximately 12 Metres South East of South East Corner of Chancel of Church of St Stephen 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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