Carpenter Monument in the Churchyard to South of Church of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 July 1986. Chest tomb.
Carpenter Monument in the Churchyard to South of Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- ruined-footing-stoat
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 July 1986
- Type
- Chest tomb
- Address
- Carpenter Monument in the Churchyard to South of Church of St Peter, Cherhill
- OS grid reference
- SU 012 694
- Coordinates
- 51.4238, -1.98332
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Carpenter monument, located in the churchyard to the south of the Church of St. Peter, is an early 19th-century chest tomb made of ashlar. It features a moulded base, a cornice, and a fluted frieze that is broken forward over two shallow relief plaques on each side. The corners are designed with balusters. The circular plaques display floral decorations in the spandrels and a flower motif in between. On the north side, there are inscriptions commemorating Jane Carpenter, who died in 1803, and Isaac Carpenter, who died in 1811.
Local climate
Carpenter Monument in the Churchyard to South of Church of St Peter receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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