John Bassett Tomb 10 Yards North of Chancel of Church of St Dunstan is a Grade II listed building in the Wealden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 December 1984. Tomb.
John Bassett Tomb 10 Yards North of Chancel of Church of St Dunstan
- WRENN ID
- white-sentry-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wealden
- Constituency
- Sussex Weald MP: Ms Nusrat Ghani (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 December 1984
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- TQ 586 270
- Coordinates
- 51.02097, 0.26074
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The John Bassett Tomb, located 10 yards north of the chancel of the Church of St Dunstan, is a chest tomb dated 1806 and created by Jonathan Harmer. It is made of stone and features a base with a moulded plinth, reeded pilaster corners, and panelled sides. The tomb has a double hipped lid with a cornice and terracotta plaques of urns inset at both ends, which are somewhat damaged. The tomb is inscribed to John Bassett, who died in 1806.
Local climate
John Bassett Tomb 10 Yards North of Chancel of Church of St Dunstan receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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