Herm of Ceres 40 Metres West of Mortham Tower is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 October 1987. Statue.

Herm of Ceres 40 Metres West of Mortham Tower

WRENN ID
sleeping-attic-mallow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 October 1987
Type
Statue
OS grid reference
NZ 085 141
Coordinates
54.52284, -1.86938
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Herm of Ceres, located 40 metres west of Mortham Tower, is a life-sized statue made of cut stone, likely dating from the 18th century. The statue depicts a draped female figure holding a sheaf and a sickle, and it is set on a moulded plinth.

Local climate

Herm of Ceres 40 Metres West of Mortham Tower receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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