Crang Chest Tomb Circa 8 Metres South of South Porch of Church of St Thomas is a Grade II listed building in the Exmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 April 1987. Chest tomb.
Crang Chest Tomb Circa 8 Metres South of South Porch of Church of St Thomas
- WRENN ID
- high-iron-primrose
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Exmoor National Park
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 April 1987
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SS 622 438
- Coordinates
- 51.17693, -3.9716
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Crang chest tomb, located approximately 8 metres south of the south porch of the Church of St. Thomas, is a mid-19th century structure created by Harding. It features an ashlar plinth and a slate slab adorned with urns on either side of a figure of an angel blowing a trumpet at the head. The tomb bears an inscription dedicated to the two daughters of William Crang, who died in 1853 and 1854.
Local climate
Crang Chest Tomb Circa 8 Metres South of South Porch of Church of St Thomas sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,160 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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