Holland Monument, Approximately 24 Metres North Of North East Corner Of North Chapel Of Church Of St Peter And St Paul

The Holland Monument is a chest tomb located approximately 24 metres north of the north-east corner of the north chapel of the Church of St Peter and St Paul in Godalming. It dates from around 1830 and is built in the Neo-Classical style using ashlar stone. The tomb features a roll-moulded base stone on a podium, with attached Tuscan columns on plinths that support an entablature. This entablature has a panelled frieze that breaks forward and is decorated with anthemion motifs above the columns. The pitched lid has a moulded edge and pedimented ends. Incised panels between the columns, with two on the longer sides and one on the ends, bear inscriptions commemorating William Elph Holland, who died in 1869; his wife, Mary Ann, who died in 1839; their son, William Barrett Holland, who died in 1828 (the earliest inscription); and various other family members. At the time of the survey, the monument was covered in ivy. William Elph Holland was a brewer and owned Nos 39 and 40 Bridge Street.