Ice House Circa 400 Metres South South East of Cuerden Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Chorley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 February 1984. Icehouse.

Ice House Circa 400 Metres South South East of Cuerden Hall

WRENN ID
stark-corbel-crow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Chorley
Constituency
Chorley MP: Sir Lindsay Hoyle (Spk)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 February 1984
Type
Icehouse
OS grid reference
SD 566 235
Coordinates
53.70681, -2.65851
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The ice house, located approximately 400 metres south-south-east of Cuerden Hall, dates from the early 19th century. It is constructed of brick and covered by an earth mound. The ice house features an egg-shaped subterranean vessel, which is about 11 feet in diameter and 14 feet high internally. Access is provided by a north-facing barrel vaulted tunnel that is approximately 12 feet long and 6 feet high, built in English garden wall bond. The structure is set into a shallow hillside, around 40 metres from the River Lostock, and is likely associated with Cuerden Hall.

Local climate

Ice House Circa 400 Metres South South East of Cuerden Hall sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,220 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% 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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