Statue of Mercury 100 Metres North-West of Biddick Hall is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 February 1987. Statue.
Statue of Mercury 100 Metres North-West of Biddick Hall
- WRENN ID
- ruined-postern-linden
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- North Durham MP: Luke Akehurst (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 February 1987
- Type
- Statue
- OS grid reference
- NZ 313 528
- Coordinates
- 54.86961, -1.5129
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Statue of Mercury, located 100 metres north-west of Biddick Hall, is a likely 19th-century lead statue set on a later stone pedestal. The pedestal features a cyma-moulded plinth, a sunk panel on each face, and a corniced top. The statue depicts Mercury wearing a winged helmet and sandals, standing in a pose similar to the Eros statue in Piccadilly, London.
Local climate
Statue of Mercury 100 Metres North-West of Biddick Hall receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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