Icehouse Circa 100 Metres North East of Burnhopeside Hall is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 June 1987. Ice-house.

Icehouse Circa 100 Metres North East of Burnhopeside Hall

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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
OS grid reference
NZ 187 462
Coordinates
54.81035, -1.7097
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This ice-house, located approximately 100 metres northeast of Burnhopeside Hall, dates from the early 19th century. It is constructed of brick and sandstone ashlar, with an earth mound surrounding it. The entrance features a round-headed brick arch set in a retaining wall, topped with upper courses of bricks laid on edge and a pediment-shaped stone coping. Inside, there is a brick-arched tunnel that curves upward to steps leading to a brick-vaulted chamber.

Local climate

Icehouse Circa 100 Metres North East of Burnhopeside Hall receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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