Grave Slab to James Thompson Set Next to South West Angle Buttress of Tower of Church of St Wilfred is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 June 1986. Grave slab.
Grave Slab to James Thompson Set Next to South West Angle Buttress of Tower of Church of St Wilfred
- WRENN ID
- tattered-ember-moss
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Leeds
- Constituency
- Leeds West and Pudsey MP: Rachel Reeves (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 June 1986
- Type
- Grave slab
- Address
- Grave Slab to James Thompson Set Next to South West Angle Buttress of Tower of Church of St Wilfred, Town Gate
- OS grid reference
- SE 208 371
- Coordinates
- 53.83022, -1.68525
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This grave slab, dating from around 1708, is a memorial to James Thompson of Bolton, who died on December 17, 1708, at the age of 57. It is made of ashlar and features a finely-carved decorative surround with an arched head, a skull keystone, and hour-glasses in the imposts. The spandrels are adorned with winged-headed angels. The slab is located next to the south-west angle buttress of the tower of the Church of St. Wilfrid and is part of a notable group of similarly decorated grave slabs found in various local graveyards, particularly in the graveyard of the Church of St Mary-in-the-Wood in Morley.
Local climate
Grave Slab to James Thompson Set Next to South West Angle Buttress of Tower of Church of St Wilfred receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% 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 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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