Ice House North West of Greencroft Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 June 1987. Ice house.

Ice House North West of Greencroft Cottage

WRENN ID
north-wall-falcon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
North Durham MP: Luke Akehurst (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 June 1987
Type
Ice house
Address
Ice House North West of Greencroft Cottage, A691
OS grid reference
NZ 159 493
Coordinates
54.83835, -1.75334
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The ice house located northwest of Greencroft Cottage was built in the early 19th century and served Greencroft Hall, which has since been demolished. It is constructed from coursed squared sandstone with ashlar dressings and features an earth mound. The north entrance has a round-headed shape with voussoirs and a rebated surround, including a hinge-pin on the right side, while the sloping wall on either side retains the mound. The south entrance, situated at a lower level, also has a round-headed arch and is flanked by retaining walls made of thinner stones, with some areas patched in brick. Inside, there is a brick-vaulted tunnel that steps down to a brick-barrel-vaulted chamber, with a partly-blocked floor approximately one meter below the tunnel.

Local climate

Ice House North West of Greencroft Cottage receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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