Icehouse in West Wood is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 1986. A C18 Icehouse.

Icehouse in West Wood

WRENN ID
heavy-niche-saffron
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 January 1986
Type
Icehouse
Address
Icehouse in West Wood, Wallington Demesne
OS grid reference
NZ 026 841
Coordinates
55.1513, -1.95967
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The icehouse in West Wood is a late 18th-century structure made of stone. It features a doorway with a tooled stone surround and a segmental lintel, which is closed by a 20th-century iron grille. Inside, there is a circular stone-lined well.

Local climate

Icehouse in West Wood receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% 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 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% 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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