Pair of Herms Figures, at Front Drive, at Anglesey Abbey is a Grade II listed building in the East Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 June 1984. Sculpture.
Pair of Herms Figures, at Front Drive, at Anglesey Abbey
- WRENN ID
- solemn-pier-crag
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- Ely and East Cambridgeshire MP: Charlotte Cane (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 June 1984
- Type
- Sculpture
- Address
- Pair of Herms Figures, at Front Drive, at Anglesey Abbey, Quy Road, Lode
- OS grid reference
- TL 532 620
- Coordinates
- 52.23577, 0.24248
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a pair of herm figures from the 18th century located at the front drive of Anglesey Abbey. Made of stone, the figures represent Hercules and Vertumnus and are of French origin.
Local climate
Pair of Herms Figures, at Front Drive, at Anglesey Abbey sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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