Boys Chest Tomb 5 Yards North of Church of St Anne is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 October 1985. Tomb.
Boys Chest Tomb 5 Yards North of Church of St Anne
- WRENN ID
- frozen-brass-sable
- 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 409 100
- Coordinates
- 50.87249, 0.00159
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The chest tomb located 5 yards north of the Church of St Anne is from the later 18th century and is made of stone. It features a wide base with a moulded plinth, panelled sides, and reeded corners. The lid has a moulded cornice. The inscription is partly illegible but appears to include the name "Boys." Surrounding the tomb is a wrought-iron railing with arrow-head railings and vase-head standards.
Local climate
Boys Chest Tomb 5 Yards North of Church of St Anne 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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