The Nuns Grave is a Grade II listed building in the Calderdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 1983. Tomb.
The Nuns Grave
- WRENN ID
- stranded-slate-jet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Calderdale
- Constituency
- Calder Valley MP: Josh Fenton-Glynn (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 December 1983
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- The Nuns Grave, Kirklees Park
- OS grid reference
- SE 175 221
- Coordinates
- 53.69517, -1.7359
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Nuns Grave is a Grade II listed site located in Brighouse, Kirklees. It features two table tombs that are surrounded by octagonal tapered stone columns topped with pointed caps, along with remains of iron railings. One of the tombs is a raised medieval grave slab that has an engraved crucifix. The other tomb consists of a much weathered stone slab that is bordered by 18th-century sides, which bear the inscription: "To Elizabeth de Stainton: late: Priores: of this: Hous: Sweet: Jesus: of: Nazareth: Grant: mercy." This information is documented in G. Hepworth's work, "Brighouse, its scenery and antiquities," published in Halifax in 1885.
Local climate
The Nuns Grave receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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