Chest Tomb to Anne Lister 1735 and Raised Grave Slab to William Havden 1699 Approximately 10 Metres North West of Corner Buttress of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 June 1986. Tomb.

Chest Tomb to Anne Lister 1735 and Raised Grave Slab to William Havden 1699 Approximately 10 Metres North West of Corner Buttress of Church of St Mary

WRENN ID
tenth-obsidian-pigeon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Leeds
Constituency
Leeds South West and Morley MP: Mark Sewards (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 June 1986
Type
Tomb
OS grid reference
SE 263 280
Coordinates
53.74789, -1.60184
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This listing describes a chest tomb and a raised grave slab located approximately 10 meters north-west of the corner buttress of the Church of St. Mary. The chest tomb dates from around 1735 and is made of ashlar. It is inscribed with details about Anne Lister, the wife of William Lister, who passed away on April 7, 1735, at the age of 60. The raised grave slab commemorates William Havden, who died on August 26, 1699, at the age of 58. The tomb features finely carved pilasters, an entablature, and a semicircular head with a keystone that has a carved angel, along with trumpeting angels in high relief in the spandrels.

Local climate

Chest Tomb to Anne Lister 1735 and Raised Grave Slab to William Havden 1699 Approximately 10 Metres North West of Corner Buttress of Church of St Mary 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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