Monument to Margaret Carter Approximately 21 Metres South of Priest's Door of Church of St Agatha is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 November 1986. Tomb.
Monument to Margaret Carter Approximately 21 Metres South of Priest's Door of Church of St Agatha
- WRENN ID
- turning-pinnacle-heath
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Richmond and Northallerton MP: Rishi Sunak (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 November 1986
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- NZ 185 002
- Coordinates
- 54.39741, -1.71563
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument to Margret Carter is a chest tomb dating from around 1735, located approximately 21 metres south of the priest's door of the Church of St Agatha in Easby. It commemorates Margret Carter of Brompton on Swale, who died in 1735, and was the wife of Robert Carter. The tomb is made of sandstone ashlar and features corner balusters that flank carved panels. The north side displays an inscription on the central panel, accompanied by a carving of a cherub holding torches on the left and a portrait of Mrs Carter on the right. The south side has a plain central panel with a cherub on the left and a cherub's head with cross-bones on the right. The east end is adorned with cherubs, while the west end features a skull, a candle, torches, and cherubs.
Local climate
Monument to Margaret Carter Approximately 21 Metres South of Priest's Door of Church of St Agatha receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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