Ice House 400 Metres West of the Former Hale Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Halton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 December 1984. A C19 Ice house.
Ice House 400 Metres West of the Former Hale Hall
- WRENN ID
- under-rood-burdock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Halton
- Constituency
- Widnes and Halewood MP: Derek Twigg (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 December 1984
- Type
- Ice house
- OS grid reference
- SJ 464 819
- Coordinates
- 53.33183, -2.80568
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The ice house, likely built in the mid-19th century, is located 400 meters west of the former Hale Hall. It is constructed of red brick and covered by an earth mound. The structure features a spherical chamber that is approximately 4 meters in diameter and is partly below ground level. Access to the chamber is through a short tunnel. The chamber is built in stretcher bond and has a small door opening at the inner end, which is framed by rebated stone blocks at the head and jambs. A stone step at the outer end of the tunnel indicates the original external entrance. This ice house was strategically built near a pond, allowing for the collection of ice during the winter months.
Local climate
Ice House 400 Metres West of the Former Hale Hall receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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