Monument to Potto Brown is a Grade II listed building in the Huntingdonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 November 1982. Monument.
Monument to Potto Brown
- WRENN ID
- under-chimney-indigo
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Huntingdonshire
- Constituency
- Huntingdon MP: Ben Obese-Jecty (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 November 1982
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Monument to Potto Brown, the Green, Houghton and Wyton
- OS grid reference
- TL 281 721
- Coordinates
- 52.33284, -0.12022
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Monument to Potto Brown is located in the south-east corner of The Green in Houghton. It features a bronze bust of Potto Brown, which is placed on a granite plinth. The plinth has three inscribed panels that commemorate his life. The inscription reads: "Potto Brown was born in this village 16th July 1797 where he spent his life devoting himself to the best interests of those around him and died 12th April 1871." Potto Brown was a miller who built Houghton Chapel in 1840.
Local climate
Monument to Potto Brown sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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