Bennett Chest Tomb Approximately 3 Metres North of North East Corner of North Porch to Church of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the Exmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 April 1987. Tomb.
Bennett Chest Tomb Approximately 3 Metres North of North East Corner of North Porch to Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- lone-thatch-peregrine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Exmoor National Park
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 April 1987
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SS 646 486
- Coordinates
- 51.22066, -3.93946
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bennett chest tomb, dating from 1758, is located approximately 3 metres north of the north-east corner of the north porch to the Church of St Peter in Trentishoe. This chest tomb features a stone rubble plinth topped with a slate slab. It is decorated with incised designs, including a cherub's bust at the head, and an hourglass and skull at the base. The inscription commemorates William Bennett, who died in 1758, and his wife Margaret, who died in 1774, along with accompanying verses.
Local climate
Bennett Chest Tomb Approximately 3 Metres North of North East Corner of North Porch to Church of St Peter sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,170 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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