Group of 7 Chest Tombs and 2 Headstones with Accompanying Footstones Circa 3-10 Metres South of South Porch of Church of St Petrocks is a Grade II listed building in the Exmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 April 1987. Tomb group. 2 related planning applications.
Group of 7 Chest Tombs and 2 Headstones with Accompanying Footstones Circa 3-10 Metres South of South Porch of Church of St Petrocks
- WRENN ID
- other-steel-bramble
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Exmoor National Park
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 April 1987
- Type
- Tomb group
- Address
- Group of 7 Chest Tombs and 2 Headstones with Accompanying Footstones Circa 3-10 Metres South of South Porch of Church of St Petrocks, Parracombe, North Devon
- OS grid reference
- SS 674 449
- Coordinates
- 51.18819, -3.8979
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A group of seven chest tombs and two headstones with accompanying footstones, dating to the 18th and early 19th centuries, situated approximately 3 to 10 metres south of the south porch of the Church of St Petrocks. The chest tombs generally have ashlar plinths, although one has a brick plinth and another is rendered. All are capped with slate slabs featuring incised decoration. The gravestones are also of slate. The tomb of Mary Lock (died 1716) and members of the Crang family displays a cherub bust at the head, an hourglass, and a skull and crossbones at the base, with an attached headstone bearing inscriptions to the sons and daughters of Richard Crang. The tomb of John Crang (died 1793) and his wife (died 1819) features a figure of an angel blowing a trumpet at the head. A further tomb to John Crang (died 1833) and his family, attributed to Nichols, demonstrates a similar motif at the head. The tomb of Francis Lock (died 1712) and his family incorporates an angel bust at the head, a skull, and an hourglass at the base. The tomb of Elizabeth Blackmore (died 1759) and other members of the Blackmore and Dovell families includes urns in the top corners. A tomb to Samuel Blackmore (died 1846) and his family is by Watts, as is a tomb to Eleanor Blackmore (died 1831) and her family, which includes an angel figure blowing a trumpet at the head. Separate headstones with accompanying footstones bear inscriptions to Richard Crang (died 1802), and to Richard and Elizabeth Blackmore (died 1842 and 1832 respectively).
Local climate
Group of 7 Chest Tombs and 2 Headstones with Accompanying Footstones Circa 3-10 Metres South of South Porch of Church of St Petrocks sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,170 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 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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