Bennett Chest Tomb About 7 Metrs South, South West of Tower of Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1991. Chest tomb.
Bennett Chest Tomb About 7 Metrs South, South West of Tower of Church of St Michael
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Hams
- Constituency
- South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 March 1991
- Type
- Chest tomb
- Address
- Bennett Chest Tomb About 7 Metrs South, South West of Tower of Church of St Michael, Blackawton
- OS grid reference
- SX 804 509
- Coordinates
- 50.34616, -3.68149
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a chest tomb located about 7 meters south-southwest of the tower of the Church of St Michael in Blackawton. It dates from the early 19th century and is made of dressed slate. The tomb features a moulded cornice and a slate lid. An inscription on the lid commemorates Mary, the daughter of William and Frances Bennett, who passed away in 1829.
Local climate
Bennett Chest Tomb About 7 Metrs South, South West of Tower of Church of St Michael receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 3 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows 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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