Willis Family Monument is a Grade II* listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 March 1963. Monument.
Willis Family Monument
- WRENN ID
- proud-rafter-spindle
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Bridgwater MP: Sir Ashley Fox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 March 1963
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Willis Family Monument, Churchyard of St Edward King and Martyr Church, Goathurst, Bridgwater
- OS grid reference
- ST 256 343
- Coordinates
- 51.10343, -3.06335
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Willis Family Monument is a funerary monument dated 1765, carved from limestone. It features a rustic classical design, taking the form of a rectangular chest with canted ends and a frieze of acanthus leaves at the top. The monument has worn inscription panels that commemorate members of the Willis family on all four faces, each set within decorative frames and adorned with carved drapery hanging down the sides. Above the larger panels on the north and south sides, there are relief sculptures of cherubs, while cherub heads are positioned above the narrower side panels. The chest is topped by a square, fluted column with an embellished Corinthian capital. This column has niches on its north and south sides, each containing a cherub, and features floral decoration on the west and east sides. It is capped with a decorative flaming urn.
Local climate
Willis Family Monument receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% 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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