Bennet Pedestal Tomb 11 Metres South of South Porch Door of Parish Church of St Andrew is a Grade II listed building in the North Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 January 1984. Tomb.
Bennet Pedestal Tomb 11 Metres South of South Porch Door of Parish Church of St Andrew
- WRENN ID
- lapsed-dormer-ash
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Somerset
- Constituency
- Wells and Mendip Hills MP: Tessa Munt (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 January 1984
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 399 591
- Coordinates
- 51.32794, -2.86333
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bennet pedestal tomb, located 11 metres south of the south porch door of the Parish Church of St. Andrew, dates back to 1788 and commemorates George Bennet. It is constructed from freestone and features a very large urn on its weathered top. The tomb has a single block pedestal with an inset panel, a moulded base, and a plinth that was formerly surrounded by a railing.
Local climate
Bennet Pedestal Tomb 11 Metres South of South Porch Door of Parish Church of St Andrew receives an average of 820 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 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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