Tomb to the Cracknall Family in Churchyard of Church of St Mary the Virgin Approximately 20 Metres North of North East Corner of Chancel is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 May 1984. Tomb.
Tomb to the Cracknall Family in Churchyard of Church of St Mary the Virgin Approximately 20 Metres North of North East Corner of Chancel
- WRENN ID
- distant-pilaster-tarn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 May 1984
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- TL 763 425
- Coordinates
- 52.05349, 0.57032
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The tomb to the Cracknall family is located in the churchyard of St Mary the Virgin, approximately 20 metres north of the northeast corner of the chancel. This early 19th-century table tomb features a moulded base and is supported by Tuscan columns at each corner, which have moulded capitals. The side panels are designed with pointed segmental arches, and the spandrels and frieze above are richly decorated with foliage. The tomb has a moulded cornice that supports a plain top slab. It is enclosed by fluted arrowhead railings, with moulded posts topped with urn heads at the centres and corners.
Local climate
Tomb to the Cracknall Family in Churchyard of Church of St Mary the Virgin Approximately 20 Metres North of North East Corner of Chancel sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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