Tomb of Edward Bentham, 25 Yards South West of Tower of Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the Swale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 March 1985. Tomb.
Tomb of Edward Bentham, 25 Yards South West of Tower of Church of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- lone-pillar-sepia
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Swale
- Constituency
- Faversham and Mid Kent MP: Helen Whately (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 March 1985
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- TQ 939 575
- Coordinates
- 51.28424, 0.78008
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The tomb of Edward Bentham is a chest tomb located 25 yards southwest of the tower of the Church of St John the Baptist. It dates from 1756 and is made of stone with a marble top. The chest features raised rectangular panels with chamfered corners and has rectangular vases at each corner, all resting on a double plinth. The tomb is inscribed in memory of Edward Bentham, who died in 1756.
Local climate
Tomb of Edward Bentham, 25 Yards South West of Tower of Church of St John the Baptist sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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