Pair of Raised Grave Slabs, Memorials to the 2 Wives of Robert Fretwell Approximately 10 Metres South of Porch 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. Grave slabs.
Pair of Raised Grave Slabs, Memorials to the 2 Wives of Robert Fretwell Approximately 10 Metres South of Porch of Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- rough-iron-blackthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wakefield
- Constituency
- Ossett and Denby Dale MP: Jade Botterill (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1986
- Type
- Grave slabs
- OS grid reference
- SE 319 129
- Coordinates
- 53.61258, -1.51877
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a pair of raised grave slabs, memorials to the two wives of Robert Fretwell, located approximately 10 meters south of the porch of the Church of St. Peter. The slabs date from around 1707 and 1714 and are made of ashlar. The memorial on the right features a carved circular motif with a floral border, which is surmounted by a trumpeting angel.
Local climate
Pair of Raised Grave Slabs, Memorials to the 2 Wives of Robert Fretwell Approximately 10 Metres South of Porch 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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