Statue of St Jerome 250 Metres North-West of Observatory Pond is a Grade II listed building in the Ribble Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 December 1952. Statue.

Statue of St Jerome 250 Metres North-West of Observatory Pond

WRENN ID
still-hinge-pearl
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Ribble Valley
Constituency
Ribble Valley MP: Maya Ellis (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 December 1952
Type
Statue
OS grid reference
SD 691 389
Coordinates
53.84543, -2.47096
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The statue of St. Jerome, located 250 metres north-west of the Observatory pond, dates from the early 18th century. It is made of lead and stands on a shaped stone base that has a square plan, featuring acanthus leaf decoration.

Local climate

Statue of St Jerome 250 Metres North-West of Observatory Pond sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,280 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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