Grave Slab and Sarcophagus Immediately to South of First Bay of Nave of Church of All Saints is a Grade II listed building in the Wakefield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1986. A C18 Gravestone, sarcophagus.
Grave Slab and Sarcophagus Immediately to South of First Bay of Nave of Church of All Saints
- WRENN ID
- cold-pilaster-lake
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wakefield
- Constituency
- Normanton and Hemsworth MP: Jon Trickett (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1986
- Type
- Gravestone, sarcophagus
- Address
- Grave Slab and Sarcophagus Immediately to South of First Bay of Nave of Church of All Saints, High Street, Crofton
- OS grid reference
- SE 377 181
- Coordinates
- 53.65824, -1.42993
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The grave slab and sarcophagus, located immediately to the south of the first bay of the nave of the Church of All Saints, features a possibly medieval sarcophagus and a grave slab dated around 1743. The sarcophagus is made from a single piece of ashlar stone, tapering towards the foot and broadening at the shoulders, while narrowing at the head with an inner recess for the head. The grave slab serves as a memorial to Mary Hirst and Richard Hepworth of Heath, a yeoman who died on April 21, 1743. It displays well-crafted lettering and is topped with carvings of winged heads.
Local climate
Grave Slab and Sarcophagus Immediately to South of First Bay of Nave of Church of All Saints receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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