Statue of the 6th Marquess of Londonderry in Front of Police Station is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 February 1985. Statue.
Statue of the 6th Marquess of Londonderry in Front of Police Station
- WRENN ID
- dusk-balcony-kestrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Easington MP: Grahame Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 February 1985
- Type
- Statue
- Address
- Statue of the 6th Marquess of Londonderry in Front of Police Station, North Terrace, Seaham
- OS grid reference
- NZ 430 495
- Coordinates
- 54.83874, -1.33163
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The statue of the 6th Marquess of Londonderry is located in front of the Police Station on North Terrace in Seaham. It commemorates Charles Stewart Vane-Tempest Stewart, the 6th Marquess of Londonderry, who lived from 1852 to 1915. The statue was created in 1915 by John Tweed. It features a standing bronze figure on a sandstone plinth and pedestal. The square plinth rests on a moulded stone base and supports a pedestal with sloping sides and a moulded cornice. An inscription on the pedestal reads: "This statue is placed here by his son and his daughter, amongst those whom he loved so well, and whose welfare and happiness were to him the principle objects of his life." The rear of the pedestal includes a relief carving of the Londonderry Arms, along with the Garter motto and the family motto: METUENDA COROLLA DRACONIS. The figure is slightly over life-size, holding a sword and scroll, and is draped in the cloak of the Order of the Garter.
Local climate
Statue of the 6th Marquess of Londonderry in Front of Police Station sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% 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 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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