Watson Tomb Chest 12 Metres South of Tower of Church of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the Wakefield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 May 1988. Tomb.
Watson Tomb Chest 12 Metres South of Tower of Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wakefield
- Constituency
- Normanton and Hemsworth MP: Jon Trickett (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 May 1988
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SE 386 125
- Coordinates
- 53.60839, -1.41695
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Watson tomb chest, located 12 metres south of the tower of the Church of St. Peter, is an early 18th-century monument commemorating Anne, the wife of John Watson of Hodroyd, who died in 1735. It is made of sandstone and features a moulded base, fluted corner pilasters, and rusticated central pilasters. The lid has a moulded rim and a fielded shouldered panel, with sunk spandrels that display raised carvings of primitive angel heads with crossed wings, crossed bones, and flowers. The tomb chest includes a full-length inscription in elegant lettering, which contains verses and several additions: (i) Anne, daughter of John and Anne, who died in 1725 at approximately 51 weeks; (ii) John, who died in 1756, with a eulogy; (iii) Samuel, the son of Joseph and Ann Watson, who died in 1789 at age 13; and (iv) Sarah, the first wife of Samuel, who died in 1779.
Local climate
Watson Tomb Chest 12 Metres South of Tower of Church of St Peter receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% 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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