Pitman Monument 2 Metres North of North Chapel of Church of Holy Trinity is a Grade II* listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1985. Monument.
Pitman Monument 2 Metres North of North Chapel of Church of Holy Trinity
- WRENN ID
- final-minaret-ivory
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 May 1985
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SY 665 973
- Coordinates
- 50.77506, -2.4752
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Pitman Monument is an early 18th-century table tomb located 2 metres north of the north chapel of the Church of Holy Trinity in Godmanstone. It is made of stone and features oval centre panels on each long side, with cherubs in the top corners and carved foliated pilasters. The tomb has a flat top block with a cyma-moulded cornice. The inscription is of good quality and reads: "Here lyeth the Body of Mr Thomas Pitman Esq. who died July 21st 1717, aged 63, with his wife Rebekah and five young children and their son Edward who died Nov. 7th 1717 in the 21st year of his Age."
Local climate
Pitman Monument 2 Metres North of North Chapel of Church of Holy Trinity receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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