Huntington Tomb 7 yards west of the Jireh Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 October 1985. Tomb.
Huntington Tomb 7 yards west of the Jireh Chapel
- WRENN ID
- blind-wicket-dale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Lewes MP: James MacCleary (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 October 1985
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- TQ 421 103
- Coordinates
- 50.87548, 0.01843
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Huntington Tomb, located 7 yards west of the Jireh Chapel in Lewes, is a tomb dating from around 1810, which remained in use for several decades thereafter. It is constructed from Portland stone and features a ridged covering made of panelled stone slabs. The slabs on the eastern side are uninscribed, while those on the western side bear inscriptions.
The inscriptions include:
- The first stone from the north commemorates Thomas Marchant, who died in 1832.
- The second stone from the north is inscribed for Mary Hooper, who died in 1810, Thomas Hooper, who died in 1832, and Mary Hooper, who died in 1833.
- The third stone from the north honors Reverend Jenkin Jenkins, who died in 1810.
- The fourth stone from the north contains a lengthy inscription: "Here lies the coalheaver who departed this life, July 1st, 1813, in the 69th year of his age. Beloved of his God, but abhorred of men. The Omniscient Judge, at the grand assize, shall ratify and confirm this confusion of many thousands: for England and its metropolis shall know that there hath been a prophet among them. W.H.S.S." (William Huntington Sinner Saved).
- The fifth stone from the north lists Anne Vinall, who died in 1823, Anna Vinall, who died in 1851, Benjamin Vinall, who died in 1856, and Reverend John Vinall, who died in 1860.
Local climate
Huntington Tomb 7 yards west of the Jireh Chapel 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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