Monument to Thomas Carter About 16 Metres South West of Nave of Church of St Nicholas is a Grade II listed building in the Maidstone local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 February 1987. Chest tomb.
Monument to Thomas Carter About 16 Metres South West of Nave of Church of St Nicholas
- WRENN ID
- scarred-passage-fen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Maidstone
- Constituency
- Faversham and Mid Kent MP: Helen Whately (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 February 1987
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- TQ 788 540
- Coordinates
- 51.25768, 0.56236
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a chest tomb dedicated to Thomas William Carter, who died in 1838. It is located about 16 metres south-west of the nave of the Church of St. Nicholas. The tomb dates from the early 19th century and is made of stone, resting on a rectangular stone base. It features a quirked bead along the plinth, a corniced lid, and broad fluted and reeded side panels. The inscription is framed by a reeded border.
Local climate
Monument to Thomas Carter About 16 Metres South West of Nave of Church of St Nicholas sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% 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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