Monument to Henry Bowles, 1 Metre East of East Window of Church is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Sussex local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 December 1987. Monument.
Monument to Henry Bowles, 1 Metre East of East Window of Church
- WRENN ID
- first-mullion-heath
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Sussex
- Constituency
- Mid Sussex MP: Alison Bennett (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 December 1987
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- TQ 303 244
- Coordinates
- 51.00489, -0.14308
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument to Henry Bowles, located 1 metre east of the east window of the church, is a chest tomb dating from around 1819. It features a brick and stone plinth, although the railings that originally surrounded it are now missing. The stone chest has a moulded base and is adorned with paired fluted and tapering pilasters at each end. Additionally, there are oval inscription panels with sunray motifs in the corners.
Local climate
Monument to Henry Bowles, 1 Metre East of East Window of Church 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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