Pair of Raised Grave Slabs, Memorials to George Wildsmith and George Stringer, Approximately 10 Metres South of West Tower of Church of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the Wakefield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1986. Monument.
Pair of Raised Grave Slabs, Memorials to George Wildsmith and George Stringer, Approximately 10 Metres South of West Tower of Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- stark-pediment-myrtle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wakefield
- Constituency
- Ossett and Denby Dale MP: Jade Botterill (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1986
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SE 319 130
- Coordinates
- 53.61259, -1.51891
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a pair of raised grave slabs, memorials to George Wildsmith and George Stringer, located approximately 10 meters south of the west tower of the Church of St. Peter. The slabs date from around 1723 and 1724 and are made of ashlar. One memorial is for George Wildsmith, described as the founder at the Banke Furnace in the Parish of Thornhill, who died on 28th July 1724 at the age of 27. The other memorial is for George Stringer senior, a yeoman from Woolley Edge, who died on 11th January 1723 at the age of 64. Both slabs feature channelled borders and finely-carved semicircular-arched heads. The slab on the left includes winged-head spandrels and a carved heart motif.
Local climate
Pair of Raised Grave Slabs, Memorials to George Wildsmith and George Stringer, Approximately 10 Metres South of West Tower of Church of St Peter receives an average of 860 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 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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