Church of St Peter and St Paul, Chest Tomb to John Bennett Approximately 12 Metres South of Tower is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 August 1987. Chest tomb.
Church of St Peter and St Paul, Chest Tomb to John Bennett Approximately 12 Metres South of Tower
- WRENN ID
- gentle-soffit-rowan
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 August 1987
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SU 726 990
- Coordinates
- 51.6851, -0.95013
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The chest tomb to John Bennett, located approximately 12 meters south of the tower of the Church of St Peter and St Paul, is dated 1741 according to the inscription on its end. This rectangular tomb is made of stone and features a moulded base. Each side has three fielded panels, while each end has a single fielded panel. The flat top is finished with a shaped moulding along its edge.
Local climate
Church of St Peter and St Paul, Chest Tomb to John Bennett Approximately 12 Metres South of Tower 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 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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