Icehouse 50 Metres North West of Main Gates to Howick Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. Icehouse.

Icehouse 50 Metres North West of Main Gates to Howick Hall

WRENN ID
tilted-shingle-wind
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Icehouse
OS grid reference
NU 249 175
Coordinates
55.45157, -1.60653
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This icehouse, located 50 metres north-west of the main gates to Howick Hall, dates from the late 18th century or early 19th century and was altered in the 20th century. The exterior is made of squared tooled stone, while the interior features brick. It is a circular structure that barely rises above ground level, with eight steps leading down to a square-headed doorway on the north side and a window opening on the south side. Inside, the diameter is 3.6 metres, and it has a low domical vault along with one blocked cupboard. The current floor and window opening are later additions, possibly modified for use as an air-raid shelter.

Local climate

Icehouse 50 Metres North West of Main Gates to Howick 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 greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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