Ice House, Retaining Wall, Steps and Railings North West of Wollaton Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Nottingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 November 1995. Ice house, retaining wall.

Ice House, Retaining Wall, Steps and Railings North West of Wollaton Hall

WRENN ID
ragged-tower-mallow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Nottingham
Constituency
Nottingham South MP: Lilian Greenwood (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 November 1995
Type
Ice house, retaining wall
Address
Ice House, Retaining Wall, Steps and Railings North West of Wollaton Hall, Wollaton Park, City of Nottingham
OS grid reference
SK 531 392
Coordinates
52.9481, -1.21076
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The ice house, retaining wall, steps, and railings located north-west of Wollaton Hall date from the early 19th century and are possibly designed by Wyatville. The structure is primarily made of brick, with most areas rendered and featuring ashlar dressings and slab coping.

The retaining wall is approximately 120 meters long and curves north-westward from Wollaton Hall, supporting a natural hillside where the ice house is situated. Closest to Wollaton Hall, there is a flight of semicircular steps that leads to a path about 50 meters long, which is flanked by a wrought-iron railing. Set into the wall is a stone water trough, and further along, there is a recess containing two segment-arched plank doors. Above this, integrated into the slope, is a round-arched tunnel entrance to the ice house, which has a renewed board door.

These features are adjacent to Wyatville's west terrace, constructed in 1823.

Local climate

Ice House, Retaining Wall, Steps and Railings North West of Wollaton Hall sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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