Carter Headstone Approximately 3 Metres to South of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Wolverhampton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 March 1992. Headstone.

Carter Headstone Approximately 3 Metres to South of Church of St Mary

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wolverhampton
Constituency
Wolverhampton North East MP: Sureena Brackenridge (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 March 1992
Type
Headstone
OS grid reference
SJ 924 024
Coordinates
52.61976, -2.11293
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Carter Headstone, located approximately 3 meters south of the Church of St Mary, is a Grade II listed memorial dedicated to Reverend John Carter, a Catholic priest, and dates from 1803. It is made of ashlar stone and features a segmental head. The headstone is adorned with a Calvary cross at the top and includes a long inscription composed by Bishop Berrington, notable for its naive spacing of lines. This headstone is an unusual example of a memorial for a Catholic priest situated in an Anglican graveyard, reflecting the religious tolerance present in Wolverhampton.

Local climate

Carter Headstone Approximately 3 Metres to South of Church of St Mary receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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