Statue of Jonas Webb Opposite Chalk Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. Statue.
Statue of Jonas Webb Opposite Chalk Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- stranded-wicket-bittern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Statue
- Address
- Statue of Jonas Webb Opposite Chalk Farmhouse, High Street, Babraham
- OS grid reference
- TL 512 503
- Coordinates
- 52.13074, 0.20882
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The statue of Jonas Webb, located opposite Chalk Farmhouse, was created in the late 19th century by the sculptor Marochetti. It is made of bronze and stands on a plain granite pedestal. The inscription on the statue reads, "Jonas Webb of Babraham, Born Nov 10 1796, Died Nov 10 1862. By Farmers and Friends in many lands." Jonas Webb was renowned for breeding Babraham Southdown sheep, which gained an international reputation. He resided at Church Farmhouse in Babraham.
Local climate
Statue of Jonas Webb Opposite Chalk Farmhouse sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% 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, 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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Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
- 1 Webb Monument in the Churchyard About 10 Metres South West of Church of St Andrew
- 2 Webb Monument in the Churchyard About 0.5 Metres South of Nave of Church of St Michael and All Angels
- 3 Webb Memorial About 28 Yards South-West of the West Tower of the Church of St Martin
- 4 Monument of William Webb situated 50 metres from Church of St Mary in Churchyard
- 5 Webb Tomb Circa 6 Metres South West of Church of St Mary and St Stephen
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