Hobson Graveslab Approximately 12 Metres South of Porch of Church of All Saints is a Grade II listed building in the Barnsley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 November 1987. Graveslab.
Hobson Graveslab Approximately 12 Metres South of Porch of Church of All Saints
- WRENN ID
- rooted-sentry-grain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Barnsley
- Constituency
- Barnsley North MP: Dan Jarvis (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 November 1987
- Type
- Graveslab
- OS grid reference
- SE 310 098
- Coordinates
- 53.58473, -1.53181
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hobson graveslab, located approximately 12 metres south of the porch of the Church of All Saints, is a mid-18th century sandstone slab. It features rounded decoration at the top and a moulding at the bottom. The slab has a well-lettered inscription commemorating Richard Hobson, a wheelwright from Kexbrough, who died on 21st March 1737 at the age of 49 years, as well as Mathew Ball of Kexbrough, who died in 1855.
Local climate
Hobson Graveslab Approximately 12 Metres South of Porch of Church of All Saints receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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