Icehouse in Grounds of Gresgarth Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Lancaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 October 1967. Icehouse.
Icehouse in Grounds of Gresgarth Hall
- WRENN ID
- rooted-brass-gorse
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lancaster
- Constituency
- Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 October 1967
- Type
- Icehouse
- Address
- Icehouse in Grounds of Gresgarth Hall, Caton-With-Littledale
- OS grid reference
- SD 533 631
- Coordinates
- 54.06197, -2.71467
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The icehouse in the grounds of Gresgarth Hall is likely from the early 19th century and is constructed of sandstone rubble. It is built into a hillside and features a door to the entrance passage with plain reveals and a stone lintel. Above the entrance, there is a small gable. The structure has convex retaining walls on each side, with the right-hand wall leaning forward and partly obstructing the entrance. The entrance passage includes iron pins for external door hinges and a rebate for an inner door. Inside, the chamber has a rectangular plan, a level floor, and a barrel vault.
Local climate
Icehouse in Grounds of Gresgarth Hall sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,360 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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