Icehouse at Rockley House is a Grade II listed building in the Bassetlaw local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 November 1985. Icehouse.
Icehouse at Rockley House
- WRENN ID
- last-lead-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bassetlaw
- Constituency
- Newark MP: Robert Jenrick (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 November 1985
- Type
- Icehouse
- Address
- Icehouse at Rockley House, Mill Lane, West Drayton
- OS grid reference
- SK 713 748
- Coordinates
- 53.26541, -0.9318
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The icehouse at Rockley House is a structure dating from the late 18th century for its interior, while the exterior was modified in the 19th century. It is built of red brick and features a pantile roof with dentil eaves. The entrance has a doorway with an ashlar lintel, and steps lead down to a moulded brick archway, which further descends to a doorway with a depressed arch. Inside, the icehouse contains three arched niches and a barrel roof.
Local climate
Icehouse at Rockley House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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