Oxenham Chest Tomb Approximately 6 Metres South of Aisle of Church of St Andrew is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 March 1988. Tomb.
Oxenham Chest Tomb Approximately 6 Metres South of Aisle of Church of St Andrew
- WRENN ID
- little-arch-grain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dartmoor National Park
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 March 1988
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SX 653 944
- Coordinates
- 50.73416, -3.90994
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Oxenham chest tomb, dated 1735, is located approximately 6 metres south of the aisle of the Church of St Andrew in South Tawton. This chest tomb is made of granite ashlar and has a rectangular shape with plain sides and a thick soffit-moulded lid. The lid features inscriptions in Roman serif upper and lower case lettering, divided into panels that are topped with a winged cherub's head in low relief. The first panel commemorates the death of Mr. William Oxenham in 1735, while the second panel notes the death of his wife, referred to only as Mrs. Oxenham, who died in 1738. The remaining panels are illegible.
Local climate
Oxenham Chest Tomb Approximately 6 Metres South of Aisle of Church of St Andrew sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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