Raised Graveslab (Whitwham) Approximately 15 Metres East of Chancel 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.
Raised Graveslab (Whitwham) Approximately 15 Metres East of Chancel of Church of All Saints
- WRENN ID
- watchful-spandrel-starling
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Barnsley
- Constituency
- Penistone and Stocksbridge MP: Dr Marie Tidball (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 November 1987
- Type
- Graveslab
- OS grid reference
- SE 291 058
- Coordinates
- 53.54836, -1.562
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This raised graveslab, dating from around 1750, is located approximately 15 metres east of the chancel of the Church of All Saints. It is made of sandstone and features simple moulding along the edge, divided lengthways with arched decoration at the head of each half. The left side commemorates John Whitwham of Low Hill, who died on 19th December 1750 at the age of 53, and his wife Ellen, who passed away on 10th December 1755. The right side is dedicated to Sarah, the wife of James Whitwham of New Mill, who died in 1751 at the age of 22, and to Sarah, the daughter of James Whitwham, who died on 3rd October 1753 at just 9 weeks old.
Local climate
Raised Graveslab (Whitwham) Approximately 15 Metres East of Chancel of Church of All Saints receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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