Monument to Charles Howard Approximately 10 Metres West of Lychgate to Church Street is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Sussex local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 December 1987. Tomb.
Monument to Charles Howard Approximately 10 Metres West of Lychgate to Church Street
- WRENN ID
- crooked-sill-sage
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Sussex
- Constituency
- Mid Sussex MP: Alison Bennett (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 December 1987
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- TQ 303 245
- Coordinates
- 51.0052, -0.14341
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument to Charles Howard, located approximately 10 metres west of the lychgate to Church Street in Cuckfield, is a chest tomb dating from around 1785. It is made of sandstone and sits on a brick plinth, featuring curved balusters at the ends, a moulded plinth, and a flat stone slab on top. The sides of the tomb are adorned with carved inscriptions.
Local climate
Monument to Charles Howard Approximately 10 Metres West of Lychgate to Church Street 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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- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2000
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