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

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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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