Barnard Tomb 5 Yards North of Vestry of Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 October 1985. Tomb.
Barnard Tomb 5 Yards North of Vestry of Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- keen-frieze-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 413 100
- Coordinates
- 50.87236, 0.00717
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Barnard tomb, located 5 yards north of the vestry of the Church of St Michael, is a chest tomb dating from the mid to late 18th century. It is made of stone and features a stepped base with a moulded plinth. The tomb has granite panelled sides, square baluster corners, and a corniced lid. Surrounding the tomb is a wrought-iron spearhead railed enclosure with vasehead standards. The tomb is inscribed to Thomas Barnard, who died in 1738.
Local climate
Barnard Tomb 5 Yards North of Vestry of Church of St Michael 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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