Bennett Monument in Churchyard About 15 Metres South of South East Angle of Church of St James is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1985. Monument.
Bennett Monument in Churchyard About 15 Metres South of South East Angle of Church of St James
- WRENN ID
- brooding-steeple-river
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 December 1985
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 817 750
- Coordinates
- 51.47401, -2.26349
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bennett monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard about 15 meters south of the southeast corner of the Church of St. James in North Wraxall. It dates from the early 19th century and is made of pennant stone. The tomb features a large rectangular plaque on each side, fluted corner piers, a moulded base, and a ridged capstone. The earliest inscription on the monument is for N. Bennett, who died in 1831.
Local climate
Bennett Monument in Churchyard About 15 Metres South of South East Angle of Church of St James receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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