Bennets Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. A Medieval Wayside cross, parish boundary marker.
Bennets Cross
- WRENN ID
- second-flue-bracken
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dartmoor National Park
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Wayside cross, parish boundary marker
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Bennets Cross, Chagford, West Devon
- OS grid reference
- SX 679 816
- Coordinates
- 50.61931, -3.8673
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bennet's Cross is a wayside cross and parish boundary marker, likely dating from the 15th century. It stands approximately 1.3 metres high and is made from a single piece of granite. The cross is crudely shaped, featuring small stubby arms and a shaft that is not straight. The initials "WB" are carved on the front at the intersection of the arms.
Local climate
Bennets Cross receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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