Catacombs at Sheffield General Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Sheffield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 July 2001. A C19 Cemetery structure. 5 related planning applications.
Catacombs at Sheffield General Cemetery
- WRENN ID
- western-portal-swift
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sheffield
- Constituency
- Sheffield Central MP: Abtisam Mohamed (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 July 2001
- Type
- Cemetery structure
- Address
- Catacombs at Sheffield General Cemetery, Cemetery Avenue, S11 8NT
- OS grid reference
- SK 340 859
- Coordinates
- 53.36923, -1.48904
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Catacombs at Sheffield General Cemetery, built in 1836 and enlarged in 1935, are a notable example of 19th-century funerary architecture designed by Samuel Worth, the architect for the General Cemetery Company. The catacombs feature two tiers, constructed from coursed and tooled rough ashlar with ashlar dressings, along with later 20th-century concrete additions.
The structure includes two serpentine curved and slightly battered walls that create terraces running from east to west. The upper terrace wall measures 130 metres long and stands 3 metres high, featuring roll moulded ashlar coping and topped by a blank concrete wall and concrete balustrade added in the late 20th century. This wall slopes downwards towards the west. The lower terrace wall is 100 metres long and approximately 2 metres high, with a set of stone steps located at the east end.
All original openings to the catacombs have battered surrounds, but they have been blocked.
Local climate
Catacombs at Sheffield General Cemetery receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% 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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- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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