Saxby Monument 20 Yards West North West of All Saints' Church is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 October 1985. A C19 Monument.
Saxby Monument 20 Yards West North West of All Saints' Church
- WRENN ID
- ancient-clay-weasel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Lewes MP: James MacCleary (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 October 1985
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- TQ 417 100
- Coordinates
- 50.87226, 0.01311
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Saxby monument is a chest tomb located 20 yards west-north-west of All Saints' Church, dating from 1849. It is made of stone and features a stepped base that supports a bolection moulded plinth. The tomb has square sides with cut back and battered end panels, topped with a moulded cornice and a pyramidal lid. It is inscribed in memory of Charles Saxby, who died in 1849.
Local climate
Saxby Monument 20 Yards West North West of All Saints' Church receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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