William Gould Monument to North of Chancel Church of St Laurence is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 December 1997. A Late 17th Century Monument.
William Gould Monument to North of Chancel Church of St Laurence
- WRENN ID
- plain-render-heron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 December 1997
- Type
- Monument
- Period
- Late 17th Century
- Address
- William Gould Monument to North of Chancel Church of St Laurence, Church Street, Weymouth
- OS grid reference
- SY 660 852
- Coordinates
- 50.66583, -2.48152
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The William Gould monument is a chest tomb located to the north of the chancel in the Church of St Laurence, dated 1681 on the brass tablet. This limestone chest is positioned against the north wall of the chancel, with a brass tablet above it that was formerly in the church, set on a stone panel beneath a drip course. The brass, shaped like a wide shield, is inscribed in Latin and commemorates William Gould, who died in March 1681 at the age of 49. The panel features a pick and shovel. The chest has a thick flat ledger slab with a deep cyma-mould edge, two sunk arched panels on the north side, a plain west end, and an east end with another sunk arched panel that carries an inscription, which is no longer legible. The design and decorative treatment of the panels suggest a connection to late 17th-century brass work. The cyma-mould base is partly set below ground level. The Gould family has a long history with the parish, and there is a 19th-century monument dedicated to them located inside the church.
Local climate
William Gould Monument to North of Chancel Church of St Laurence receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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