Memorial and grave of Arthur Currer Briggs at NGR 2673 3905 in Lawnswood Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. A 20th century Memorial.
Memorial and grave of Arthur Currer Briggs at NGR 2673 3905 in Lawnswood Cemetery
- WRENN ID
- haunted-bailey-ivy
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Leeds
- Constituency
- Leeds North West MP: Katie White (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Memorial and grave of Arthur Currer Briggs at NGR 2673 3905 in Lawnswood Cemetery, Otley Road
- OS grid reference
- SE 267 390
- Coordinates
- 53.84708, -1.59513
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The memorial and grave of Arthur Currer Briggs is located in Lawnswood Cemetery and was created in 1908 by the sculptor William Hamo Thornycroft. It features a base made of Portland stone with bronze lettering and is topped by a bronze plaque that depicts a figure of a sower and an angel in relief, with a shallow triangular pediment above. The inscription on the front reads: 'ARTHVR CVRRER BRIGGS/ BORN AT OVTWOOD HALL WAKEFIELD JVLY 23. 1855/ DIED AT GLEDHOW GRANGE LEEDS AVGVST 31. 1906/ AGED 51 YEARS./ ALSO HELEN HIS WIFE/ BORN MAY 23. 1860/ DIED NOVEMBER 17. 1936'. Above the plaque is the phrase 'FORTITER ET FIDELITER'. On the rear, there is an inscription detailing his roles as 'LORD MAYOR OF THE CITY OF LEEDS 1903-04/ ALDERMAN OF THE CITY OF LEEDS 1904-06/ CHAIRMAN AND MANAGING DIRECTOR OF HENRY BRIGGS & COMPANY LTD/ WHITWOOD COLLIERIES NORMANTON./ THIS MONUMENT PLACED TO HIS DEAR MEMORY BY HIS WIFE HELEN AND CHILDREN DOROTHY, REGINALD MARTIN, DONALD HENRY./ HAMO THORNYCROFT RA SCULPSIT 1908'.
Local climate
Memorial and grave of Arthur Currer Briggs at NGR 2673 3905 in Lawnswood Cemetery receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% 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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