Dent Tombs and Railed Enclosures in St Lawrence's Churchyard to South West of Chancel is a Grade II listed building in the Yorkshire Dales National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 June 1987. Tombs.
Dent Tombs and Railed Enclosures in St Lawrence's Churchyard to South West of Chancel
- WRENN ID
- hollow-paling-saffron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Yorkshire Dales National Park
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 June 1987
- Type
- Tombs
- Address
- Dent Tombs and Railed Enclosures in St Lawrence's Churchyard to South West of Chancel, Crosby Ravensworth, Westmorland and Furness
- OS grid reference
- NY 621 148
- Coordinates
- 54.52735, -2.58607
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Dent tombs and railed enclosures are located in St Lawrence's churchyard, approximately 8 yards to the south-west of the chancel. These tombs are for members of the Dent family, specifically Elizabeth Dent, who died in 1847, and Lancelot Dent, who died in 1853. They are made of stone and feature cast-iron railings. Each tomb has a low stone plinth topped with a ridged slab, a segment-headed footstone, and a taller segment-headed marble headstone that includes inscriptions and carved coats-of-arms. The railings are about 2 feet high and have central cast coats-of-arms on the sides, flanked by ornate foliate panels. The octagonal corner posts are topped with ball finials, and the top rails are spiked.
Local climate
Dent Tombs and Railed Enclosures in St Lawrence's Churchyard to South West of Chancel sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,310 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 59 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 36 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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