Barber and Godsall Monuments is a Grade II listed building in the Tewkesbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 April 1994. Tomb.
Barber and Godsall Monuments
- WRENN ID
- knotted-stone-bistre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tewkesbury
- Constituency
- Tewkesbury MP: Cameron Thomas (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 April 1994
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Barber and Godsall Monuments, Abbey Precincts
- OS grid reference
- SO 889 324
- Coordinates
- 51.99036, -2.16193
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Barber and Godsall monuments are two chest tombs located approximately 6 meters west of the Thomas Rudge monument in Tewkesbury's Abbey Churchyard. The first tomb, dedicated to Richard Barber, has the earliest decipherable date of 1835. It is made of sandstone and features a flat ledger with moulded edges, raised panels, inset ends with a moulded cornice and bases, all resting on an ovolo-mould base. The inscription panels are worn, but "BARBER WICKES" is still legible. The second tomb, which commemorates James Godsall, dates back to 1795 and notes that he died at the age of 76. This tomb is also made of sandstone and has a flat ledger with moulded edges, raised panels, inset ends with a cornice and base mould, and sits on a cavetto base. The inscription panels on this tomb are badly eroded.
Local climate
Barber and Godsall Monuments receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% 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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