Pontife Monument, Approximately 40 Metres North East of North Chapel of Church of St Peter and St Paul is a Grade II listed building in the Waverley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 February 1991. Monument.
Pontife Monument, Approximately 40 Metres North East of North Chapel of Church of St Peter and St Paul
- WRENN ID
- noble-jade-elm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Waverley
- Constituency
- Godalming and Ash MP: Sir Jeremy Hunt (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 February 1991
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SU 968 440
- Coordinates
- 51.18735, -0.61528
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Pontife Monument is a chest tomb located approximately 40 meters north-east of the north chapel of the Church of St Peter and St Paul in Godalming. It dates from around 1830 and is constructed of ashlar stone in a Neo-Classical style. The tomb features a roll-moulded base stone and a plinth. Attached Tuscan columns support an entablature, and the lid is segmental-sectioned with segmental pediments at both ends and the center of each long side, all adorned with fans in the tympana. Each side has a pulvinated oval panel with a fluted edge and fans in the spandrels, while the panels on the longer sides are flanked by columns with rustication on either side. The inscription on the south panel commemorates 'Sarah the beloved wife of Mr Edmund Pontife x London', who died in 1830, although the rest of the inscription is worn. At the time of the survey, the north-west column had fallen, and the monument was covered in ivy.
Local climate
Pontife Monument, Approximately 40 Metres North East of North Chapel of Church of St Peter and St Paul receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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