Carter Chest Tomb at Approximately 16 Metres South of Church of Saint Germoe is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 August 1987. Chest tomb.
Carter Chest Tomb at Approximately 16 Metres South of Church of Saint Germoe
- WRENN ID
- tall-buttress-autumn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 August 1987
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SW 585 294
- Coordinates
- 50.11549, -5.37916
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Carter chest tomb, located approximately 16 metres south of the Church of Saint Germoe, dates from 1824 and commemorates Thomas Carter. It is constructed from granite ashlar and features a rectangular chest design. At the west end, there is an inscribed slate monolith slab. The slate slab has an incised inscription facing west, which reads: "Thomas Carter, died 1824 aged 55, and Margaret his wife."
Local climate
Carter Chest Tomb at Approximately 16 Metres South of Church of Saint Germoe receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 4 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows 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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Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
- 1 Carter Chest Tomb in the Churchyard About 10 Metres South of the Chancel of the Church of St Mary
- 2 Carter Chest Tomb Approximately 2 Metres South of Porch of Church of St Winifred
- 3 Two Carter Monuments, Immediately East of Chancel in Churchyard of Church of St Mary
- 4 Carter Monument in Churchyard, 4 Metres North of North Wall, Church of St Sampson
- 5 Monument to Thomas Carter About 16 Metres South West of Nave of Church of St Nicholas
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- Bridge, South of Church of Saint Germoe
- The Churchyard Walls at Church of Saint Germoe
- Stile, Gate Piers and Gate South of Church of Saint Germoe
- Church of Saint Germoe
- Stile, Gate Piers and Gate, West of Church of Saint Germoe
- Church Cottage
- Earth Closet East of the Cottage
- St Germoe's Chair
- The Cottage
- The Old Vicarage and Front Garden Walls