Chest Tomb 2 Yards South of Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 October 1985. Tomb.
Chest Tomb 2 Yards South of Church of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- gaunt-sentry-ivory
- 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 412 096
- Coordinates
- 50.86904, 0.00633
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an 18th-century chest tomb located 2 yards south of the Church of St John the Baptist. It is made of dressed stone blocks and features a squared lid. The inscription on the tomb was illegible at the time of the re-survey. This tomb is included for its group value with the nearby church.
Local climate
Chest Tomb 2 Yards South of Church of St John the Baptist 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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