Carter Headstone 30 Metres South West of Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Darlington local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 July 1986. A C19 Headstone.
Carter Headstone 30 Metres South West of Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- steep-forge-acorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Darlington
- Constituency
- Darlington MP: Lola McEvoy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 July 1986
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- NZ 248 223
- Coordinates
- 54.59562, -1.61652
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Carter headstone, located 30 metres southwest of the Church of St. Michael, is a large sandstone headstone dating from 1807, dedicated to Alice Carter. The top features three semicircular projections and a raised egg-and-dart border. The sunk top panel displays reliefs of an urn flanked by winged angel heads. The inscription commemorates Alice Carter of Broom Dikes, who died on May 29, 1807, at the age of 51, expressing hope for a better change to live with Christ and be at rest. It also honors Richard Carter, who died on April 9, 1829, at the age of 90 years.
Local climate
Carter Headstone 30 Metres South West of Church of St Michael receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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