Tomb to Frederick Villiers Meynell to east of Church of St Wilfrid is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Sussex local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 December 1987. Tomb.
Tomb to Frederick Villiers Meynell to east of Church of St Wilfrid
- WRENN ID
- second-obsidian-sable
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Sussex
- Constituency
- Mid Sussex MP: Alison Bennett (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 December 1987
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Tomb to Frederick Villiers Meynell to east of Church of St Wilfrid, Church Road, Haywards Heath
- OS grid reference
- TQ 331 239
- Coordinates
- 50.99912, -0.10429
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The tomb to Frederick Villiers Meynell, located to the east of the Church of St Wilfrid, is a Grade II listed tomb chest dating from around 1872. It features a rectangular stone plinth that supports a stone chest adorned with applied blank arcading made of pink stone, complemented by polished granite columns. The design includes central and end shields that display motifs of a horse and a dragon, along with the motto "VIRTUTE VICI". The tomb is topped with a thick stone slab that has leaf moulding and a cross intersected by a circle. It is noted for being an elaborate example of a High Victorian tomb chest.
Local climate
Tomb to Frederick Villiers Meynell to east of Church of St Wilfrid receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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