Ice House North-West of Ashton Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Lancaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 May 1968. Icehouse. 1 related planning application.

Ice House North-West of Ashton Hall

WRENN ID
crumbling-porch-equinox
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lancaster
Constituency
Lancaster and Wyre MP: Cat Smith (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 May 1968
Type
Icehouse
Address
Ice House North-West of Ashton Hall, Thurnham, LA2 0AJ
OS grid reference
SD 459 574
Coordinates
54.01031, -2.82636
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The ice house located north-west of Ashton Hall is a structure likely dating from the 19th century. It is built from sandstone rubble and brick, and much of it is concealed by earth and vegetation. The building features a domed area and a vaulted entrance passage. At the time of the survey, the doorway was bricked up, making the interior inaccessible.

Local climate

Ice House North-West of Ashton Hall sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,370 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% 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 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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