Monument of Captain William Preston Rn, Approximately 1 Metre South of South Corner of Church is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Sussex local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 December 1987. Chest tomb.
Monument of Captain William Preston Rn, Approximately 1 Metre South of South Corner of Church
- WRENN ID
- seventh-lime-spring
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Sussex
- Constituency
- Mid Sussex MP: Alison Bennett (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 December 1987
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- TQ 348 258
- Coordinates
- 51.01612, -0.07858
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument of Captain William Preston RN is a chest tomb located approximately 1 metre south of the south corner of the church in Lindfield. It dates from around 1851 and is made of stone, tapering towards the base. The tomb features a moulded pyramidal top and a moulded base, which is set on a high plinth made of brick and stone. The original railings around the tomb are now missing.
Local climate
Monument of Captain William Preston Rn, Approximately 1 Metre South of South Corner 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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