Unidentified Monument in Churchyard, About 4 Metres South of Nave, Church of St Edward King and Martyr is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 January 1987. Monument.
Unidentified Monument in Churchyard, About 4 Metres South of Nave, Church of St Edward King and Martyr
- WRENN ID
- seventh-grate-summer
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Bridgwater MP: Sir Ashley Fox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 January 1987
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 256 343
- Coordinates
- 51.10352, -3.06339
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an unidentified chest tomb located about 4 meters south of the nave of the Church of St. Edward King and Martyr in Goathurst. It dates from the early 18th century and is made of dressed stone. The tomb has an oblong shape and rests on a moulded plinth. Each face features a raised panel with a moulded edge, and the west side displays emblems of death. The inscriptions on the tomb are largely decayed. The top is a hipped slab that is moulded around its lower edge.
Local climate
Unidentified Monument in Churchyard, About 4 Metres South of Nave, Church of St Edward King and Martyr 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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