Effigy East of Porch to All Saints' Church is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 January 1984. Effigy.

Effigy East of Porch to All Saints' Church

WRENN ID
noble-balcony-ivory
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Kirklees
Constituency
Dewsbury and Batley MP: Iqbal Mohamed (Ind)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 January 1984
Type
Effigy
Address
Effigy East of Porch to All Saints' Church, Stocks Lane
OS grid reference
SE 241 244
Coordinates
53.71589, -1.6358
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The effigy located east of the porch to All Saints' Church is a recumbent stone sculpture, believed to date from the 13th century. It rests on a stone base and depicts a robed figure with its hands together on its chest. The effigy is in very poor condition and shows significant erosion.

Local climate

Effigy East of Porch to All Saints' Church 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 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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