Headstone to Sarah Roberts Approximately 5 Metres North of Middle of South Boundary Wall of Graveyard Surrounding the Church of All Saints is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 July 1986. Headstone.
Headstone to Sarah Roberts Approximately 5 Metres North of Middle of South Boundary Wall of Graveyard Surrounding the Church of All Saints
- WRENN ID
- gentle-panel-nettle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Leeds
- Constituency
- Wetherby and Easingwold MP: Sir Alec Shelbrooke (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 July 1986
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SE 313 449
- Coordinates
- 53.89991, -1.5238
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This headstone, dating from around 1801, is located approximately 5 metres north of the middle of the south boundary wall of the graveyard surrounding the Church of All Saints. Made of ashlar, the headstone features an arched top that is decoratively carved with foliage surrounding circular patterns. The lettering is well-preserved. It commemorates Sarah, the wife of Joseph Roberts of Calverley-Bridge, who died on 21st June 1801 at the age of 37. The inscription includes a poignant verse: "Why do ye mourn departing Friends? Or shake at Death's alarms? Tis but the Voice that Jesus sends To call me to his Arms."
Local climate
Headstone to Sarah Roberts Approximately 5 Metres North of Middle of South Boundary Wall of Graveyard Surrounding the Church of All Saints receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% 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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Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
- 1 Elizabeth Roberts headstone approximately 3 metres east of Chancel of Church of St Giles
- 2 Roberts Headstone Immediately East of the Porch of the Church of St Bartholomew
- 3 Grave slab of Sarah Smith
- 4 Headstone to Ann Jackson Approximately 40 Metres South East of South Porch of Church of All Saints
- 5 Monument to Sarah White 9 Metres South of South Buttress to South Chapel at All Saints' Church
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