Tomb of Captain John Bennett is a Grade II listed building in the Barking and Dagenham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 March 2014. A C18 Tomb.
Tomb of Captain John Bennett
- WRENN ID
- haunted-turret-jackdaw
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Barking and Dagenham
- Constituency
- Barking MP: Nesil Caliskan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 March 2014
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Tomb of Captain John Bennett, St. Margarets Churchyard, North Street, IG11 8AS
- OS grid reference
- TQ 440 839
- Coordinates
- 51.53582, 0.07605
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Tomb of Captain John Bennett is a chest tomb dated 1716, likely created by the mason Thomas Stayner. It is made of limestone, with a black limestone slab on top. The sides of the tomb are adorned with bulbous acanthus leaves, featuring a shallow central projection on each side that displays symbolic motifs: a war ship on one side and naval weaponry on the other. Each end of the tomb has a cartouche displaying Bennett’s family crest. The base and cornice of the chest are formed by curved and stepped mouldings.
The top of the tomb features a thick, deeply overhanging slab with moulded edges. It is inscribed with the words: ‘HERE LYETH INTERR’D YE BODY OF / CAP. JOHN BENNETT / COMMANDER OF HIS MAJESTY / SHIP LENOX & WHO DIED / THE 30TH OF JANUARY 1716 / AGED 46 YEAR’. The moulded stonework on the base is in good condition, and the inscription is still clearly legible.
Local climate
Tomb of Captain John Bennett sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- No related consent applications matched
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
- 1 Church of St Peter and St Paul, Chest Tomb to John Bennett Approximately 12 Metres South of Tower
- 2 Bennett Chest Tomb Approximately 3 Metres North of North East Corner of North Porch to Church of St Peter
- 3 Bennnett Monument in Churchyard, About 2 Metres East of North Gate to Bell Lane from Churchyard, Church of St Peter and St Paul
- 4 Unidentified Monument, About 4 Metres North of North West Tower Buttress in Churchyard of Church of All Saints
- 5 Stanton Monument,About 4m North-West of West Door in Churchyard of Church of St Kenelm
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings
Nearby listed buildings
- Fire Bell Gate, Barking Abbey
- Parish Church of St Margaret
- Remains of Barking Abbey and Old Churchyard Walls
- The Old Granary
- Barking Magistrates Court and Railings, Lampholders and Lamps
- Bridge Over River Roding
- Barking Baptist Tabernacle
- St Margaret's Vicarage
- Barking Station Booking Hall
- Dukes Head Public House