George Augustus Cavendish-Bentink Monument, 8m East of Chancel of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 December 1984. Monument.
George Augustus Cavendish-Bentink Monument, 8m East of Chancel of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- frozen-tower-shade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 December 1984
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- George Augustus Cavendish-Bentink Monument, 8m East of Chancel of Church of St Mary, Studland
- OS grid reference
- SZ 028 877
- Coordinates
- 50.68946, -1.96118
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The George Augustus Cavendish-Bentinck Monument, dated 1891, is located 8 meters east of the chancel of the Church of St Mary on Brownsea Island. The base of the monument is made from an imported Italian well-head designed as a Corinthian capital, which is raised on three steps. Above this base, there is an ornamental iron arch that features an inscribed bronze plaque dedicated to Cavendish-Bentinck and his widow.
Local climate
George Augustus Cavendish-Bentink Monument, 8m East of Chancel of Church of St Mary receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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