Facade to Burial Vaults Approximately 10 Metres South East of Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. Facade.
Facade to Burial Vaults Approximately 10 Metres South East of Chapel
- WRENN ID
- sacred-soffit-thistle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Leeds
- Constituency
- Leeds Central and Headingley MP: Alex Sobel (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Facade
- OS grid reference
- SE 293 347
- Coordinates
- 53.80851, -1.55647
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The remains of the facade to what is likely the burial vaults of the Leeds General Cemetery, now known as St George's Fields, date from 1832 to 1834 and were designed by John Clark. The structure is made of ashlar and gritstone, measuring approximately 10 meters long and 2 meters high. It features six rusticated flat arches behind pilasters that support an entablature and cornice, with a two-course parapet above. The arches are currently blocked. Landscaping embankments at each end obscure the facade, which was originally much longer. Baine's map of Leeds from 1834 depicts this facade with 48 openings or recesses and large terminals with statues. The 1847 Ordnance Survey map shows 'Arcade Vaults' with 32 bays, indicating that the central section was built out and buttressed.
Local climate
Facade to Burial Vaults Approximately 10 Metres South East of Chapel 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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