Ice House Circa 40 Yards North of Belford Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 August 1987. Ice house.
Ice House Circa 40 Yards North of Belford Hall
- WRENN ID
- muffled-passage-nightshade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 August 1987
- Type
- Ice house
- OS grid reference
- NU 110 343
- Coordinates
- 55.6022, -1.82631
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The ice house, located approximately 40 yards north of Belford Hall, is a Grade II listed structure, likely built around 1818 by John Dobson. It is constructed of ashlar and appears as a tall grassy mound with a sandstone trap door visible on the surface. Inside, there are two parallel, rectangular, tunnel-vaulted chambers, which are connected to the main house by a vaulted tunnel that is 40 yards long.
Local climate
Ice House Circa 40 Yards North of Belford Hall receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 12 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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