Goodman Tomb at Approximately 4 Metres North of East End of Church of St Erth is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 January 1988. Tomb.
Goodman Tomb at Approximately 4 Metres North of East End of Church of St Erth
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 January 1988
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SW 549 350
- Coordinates
- 50.16466, -5.43208
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Goodman tomb, located approximately 4 metres north of the east end of the Church of St Erth, is an 18th-century chest tomb dedicated to members of the Goodman family. It commemorates Will Goodman, who died on 17th March 1767 at the age of 1 year; Ann Goodman, who died in May 1784 at the age of 6 months; John Goodman, who died on 4th February 1787 at the age of 22 years; Grace Goodman, who died on 16th February 1787 at the age of 3 years; Josh Goodman, who died in August 1789 at the age of 11 years; and John Goodman, who died on 16th February 1795. The tomb is made of granite ashlar and features a square-edged granite lid with an incised slate insert. It is rectangular in shape.
Local climate
Goodman Tomb at Approximately 4 Metres North of East End of Church of St Erth receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 4 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows 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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