Ice House North of No 45 (No 1 The Limes) is a Grade II listed building in the South Tyneside local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 February 1985. Ice house.
Ice House North of No 45 (No 1 The Limes)
- WRENN ID
- lesser-bastion-reed
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Tyneside
- Constituency
- South Shields MP: Emma Lewell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 February 1985
- Type
- Ice house
- Address
- Ice House North of No 45 (No 1 The Limes), Front Street, SR6 7JD
- OS grid reference
- NZ 405 619
- Coordinates
- 54.9502, -1.36833
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This ice house, dating from the 18th century, is located north of No 45 (No 1 The Limes) on Boldon Front Street in Whitburn. It is constructed of limestone and features an earth mound. The structure has a retaining wall made of rubble, which includes three stone steps at each end. A wall runs parallel to the retaining wall, creating a passage that leads to a 2-metre long entrance tunnel into the domed stone chamber. The interior has a concrete floor.
Local climate
Ice House North of No 45 (No 1 The Limes) receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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