Ice House at North East Corner of Grounds of Former Ormerod House is a Grade II listed building in the Burnley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 March 1987. Ice house.

Ice House at North East Corner of Grounds of Former Ormerod House

WRENN ID
stranded-thatch-kestrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Burnley
Constituency
Burnley MP: Oliver Ryan (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 March 1987
Type
Ice house
Address
Ice House at North East Corner of Grounds of Former Ormerod House, Red Lees Road, Cliviger
OS grid reference
SD 875 315
Coordinates
53.77981, -2.19067
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The ice house, located at the northeast corner of the grounds of the former Ormerod House, is likely from the early 19th century and constructed of sandstone. It is built underground on elevated ground at the edge of a steep slope. Access is through a plain doorway in the retaining wall of the slope, which leads into an L-shaped vaulted passage. At the inner end of this passage, there is a semi-circular-arched doorway that features the remains of a protective iron gate, opening into the upper part of a very large egg-shaped vessel, which is said to be 20 feet high.

Local climate

Ice House at North East Corner of Grounds of Former Ormerod House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,250 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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