Godwin Memorial Approximately 2 Metres South of Church of St Edward is a Grade II listed building in the Staffordshire Moorlands local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 December 1986. Tomb.
Godwin Memorial Approximately 2 Metres South of Church of St Edward
- WRENN ID
- seventh-beam-wagtail
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Constituency
- Staffordshire Moorlands MP: Dame Karen Bradley (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 December 1986
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SJ 970 524
- Coordinates
- 53.06887, -2.04476
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Godwin Memorial is a chest tomb located approximately 2 meters south of the Church of St Edward in Cheddleton. It commemorates Richard Godwin, who died in 1795. The tomb is made of stone and is set on a moulded plinth. It features waisted pilasters at the corners and elliptical inscribed side panels adorned with fan motifs in the spandrels.
Local climate
Godwin Memorial Approximately 2 Metres South of Church of St Edward receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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- 2 Godwin Memorial Approximately 10 Metres North of North Aisle of Church of St Luke
- 3 Godwin Monument About 4 Yards East of the Church of St Margaret
- 4 Godwin chest tomb 8 metres south of south west corner of south porch of Church of St Mary
- 5 Godwin Monument in the Churchyard About 22 Metres South of Nave of Anglican Church of St Thomas À Becket
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