Benjafield Monument in the Churchyard, 12 Metres South of All Saints Church is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. Table tomb.
Benjafield Monument in the Churchyard, 12 Metres South of All Saints Church
- WRENN ID
- shadowed-footing-clover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Table tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 925 040
- Coordinates
- 50.83586, -2.10785
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Benjafield Monument is a table tomb located in the churchyard, 12 metres south of All Saints Church in Tarrant Keyneston. It dates from 1791 and is made of limestone, featuring panelled sides and a moulded stone stop. The tomb bears an inscription dedicated to F Benjafield.
Local climate
Benjafield Monument in the Churchyard, 12 Metres South of All Saints Church receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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