Icehouse on East Bank of Stream 500 Metres North-North-West of Beaufront is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 May 1988. Icehouse.

Icehouse on East Bank of Stream 500 Metres North-North-West of Beaufront

WRENN ID
white-transept-hawk
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 May 1988
Type
Icehouse
OS grid reference
NY 961 664
Coordinates
54.99236, -2.0616
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This icehouse, likely built in the late 18th century, is located on the east bank of a stream, approximately 500 metres north-north-west of Beaufront Castle. It is constructed from roughly-squared stone with tooled dressings and has a rectangular shape with rounded corners, measuring about 10 by 6 metres externally. The walls are partly hidden by earth and vegetation. On the north side, there is a rebated doorway framed by an alternating-block surround. Inside, a passage features a round-arched barrel vault that leads to a second doorway, which opens into a square chamber with a similar vault and a floor that is at a significantly lower level. The walls of the chamber contain rectangular lockers.

Local climate

Icehouse on East Bank of Stream 500 Metres North-North-West of Beaufront receives an average of 920 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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