Ice House in Rufford Park at Sd 454 159 is a Grade II listed building in the West Lancashire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 1986. Ice house.
Ice House in Rufford Park at Sd 454 159
- WRENN ID
- noble-cinder-heron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Lancashire
- Constituency
- Southport MP: Patrick Hurley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 December 1986
- Type
- Ice house
- Address
- Ice House in Rufford Park at Sd 454 159, Holmeswood Lane
- OS grid reference
- SD 455 159
- Coordinates
- 53.63765, -2.8256
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The ice house in Rufford Park, likely built in the late 18th century, is constructed from sandstone, brick, and earth. It features an egg-shaped subterranean ice chamber made of brick, which is accessed via a brick vaulted passage on the northwest side. This passage is currently blocked by modern iron gates. The ice house is surrounded by a circular ha-ha approximately 35 meters in diameter, with a low returning wall made of sandstone rubble. It was probably constructed around the same time as Rufford New Hall.
Local climate
Ice House in Rufford Park at Sd 454 159 sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,160 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% 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 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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