Ice House 250 Metres South East of Barningham Park is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 October 1987. Ice house.
Ice House 250 Metres South East of Barningham Park
- WRENN ID
- dim-chancel-ash
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 October 1987
- Type
- Ice house
- OS grid reference
- NZ 088 100
- Coordinates
- 54.48578, -1.86533
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The ice house, located 250 metres south-east of Barningham Park, dates from the late 18th century or early 19th century. It is constructed from roughly-squared stone with cut dressings and features a brick vault. The structure consists of a single rectangular chamber measuring approximately 4 by 3.5 metres, which has been cut into the hillside. It includes a rebated doorway and a segmental vault. It is possible that an outer doorway and approach passage have been removed.
Local climate
Ice House 250 Metres South East of Barningham Park receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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