Old Churchyard, Box and Ridgeway Chest Tombs to South of Path is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 November 1994. Tomb.
Old Churchyard, Box and Ridgeway Chest Tombs to South of Path
- WRENN ID
- twisted-timber-equinox
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Buckingham and Bletchley MP: Callum Anderson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 November 1994
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Old Churchyard, Box and Ridgeway Chest Tombs to South of Path, Church Street, Buckingham
- OS grid reference
- SP 693 336
- Coordinates
- 51.99662, -0.99089
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Churchyard features a pair of chest tombs dating from the early 19th century, made of Portland stone. The chest tomb commemorating Phillip Box is square, relatively high, and has plain Doric columns at the corners, topped with a gadrooned urn on a tapered base. The tomb of Thomas Ridgeway, who died in 1818, has fluted pilasters at the corners, a moulded shaped top, and inscriptions for other members of the Ridgeway family. Both tombs were previously enclosed by railings and are surrounded by York stone slabs.
Local climate
Old Churchyard, Box and Ridgeway Chest Tombs to South of Path sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% 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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