Gooden Monument in Churchyard About 10 Metres South East of South Aisle Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1987. Monument.
Gooden Monument in Churchyard About 10 Metres South East of South Aisle Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- guardian-paling-ivory
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Wells and Mendip Hills MP: Tessa Munt (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 January 1987
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 593 546
- Coordinates
- 51.28992, -2.58362
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Gooden monument, located in the churchyard about 10 metres southeast of the south aisle of the Church of St Mary, is a headstone dedicated to William Gooden, dated 1705. It is made of dressed stone and features a low upright slab with incised lettering on the west side. The monument is adorned with relief carving on either side and has a shaped top that also includes carving.
Local climate
Gooden Monument in Churchyard About 10 Metres South East of South Aisle Church of St Mary 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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