Godstone approximately 46 metres south of Church of St Luke is a Grade II listed building in the Sefton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 July 1966. Monument.
Godstone approximately 46 metres south of Church of St Luke
- WRENN ID
- scattered-corner-russet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sefton
- Constituency
- Sefton Central MP: Bill Esterson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 July 1966
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SD 280 066
- Coordinates
- 53.5516, -3.08733
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Godstone is located approximately 46 metres south of the Church of St Luke. This stone structure has an irregular shape with one flat face and stands about 420 mm tall. The flat face features an incised cross on a stepped base, which is topped by a circle. It is surrounded by fragments of gravestones. The origin of this structure is unknown, but it is traditionally associated with funeral rites.
Local climate
Godstone approximately 46 metres south of Church of St Luke sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,240 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- No related consent applications matched
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
- 1 Cross Base and Headstone Approximately 5 Metres South of South Chapel of Church of St Luke
- 2 Cross Base Approximately 10 Metres West of South Aisle of Church of St Luke
- 3 Remains of Cross Approximetely 20 Metres North of Church of St George
- 4 Remains of Churchyard Cross, About One Metre South of South Aisle, Church of St Mary Magdalene
- 5 Unidentified Monument in the Churchyard and 4 Meters South of the Porch of the Church of St Luke and St Andrew
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings