Keen Monument, Approximately 9 Metres South of South Transept 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. Chest tomb.
Keen Monument, Approximately 9 Metres South of South Transept of Church of St Peter and St Paul
- WRENN ID
- former-chamber-mallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Waverley
- Constituency
- Godalming and Ash MP: Sir Jeremy Hunt (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 February 1991
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SU 968 439
- Coordinates
- 51.18685, -0.61599
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Keen monument is a chest tomb located approximately 9 metres south of the south transept of the Church of St Peter and St Paul in Godalming. It dates from the early 19th century and is constructed of ashlar in a Neo-Classical style. The tomb features a roll-moulded base stone set on a podium. At each corner, free-standing Tuscan columns on deep plinths support an entablature with a panelled frieze that breaks forward over the columns, as well as a lid with a triple-roll-moulded edge.
The sides of the monument include incised panels between the columns, with two panels on each longer side and one on each shorter side, bearing commemorative inscriptions. The lid is inscribed to William Keen, who died in 1816, and his wife Elizabeth, who died in 1873. One side of the tomb commemorates Caroline, their fourth daughter, who died in 1826, while the other panels are illegible.
Local climate
Keen Monument, Approximately 9 Metres South of South Transept 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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