Bennett Bishop Monument, in the Churchyard 5 M North of the North Aisle of the Church of St Andrew is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 June 1985. A C19 Monument.
Bennett Bishop Monument, in the Churchyard 5 M North of the North Aisle of the Church of St Andrew
- WRENN ID
- proud-steel-onyx
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 June 1985
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Bennett Bishop Monument, in the Churchyard 5 M North of the North Aisle of the Church of St Andrew, Church Street, Fontmell Magna
- OS grid reference
- ST 865 170
- Coordinates
- 50.95228, -2.19311
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bennett Bishop monument, located in the churchyard 5 meters north of the north aisle of the Church of St Andrew in Fontmell Magna, is an early 19th-century table tomb made of stone with a flat top. It features corner and central pilaster strips adorned with scrolled enrichment. The monument includes early inscriptions in Roman capitals, as well as additional inscriptions commemorating members of the Penruddock and Jesse families.
Local climate
Bennett Bishop Monument, in the Churchyard 5 M North of the North Aisle of the Church of St Andrew receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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