Ice House 500 Metres South East of Thoresby Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Newark and Sherwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 June 1986. Ice house.

Ice House 500 Metres South East of Thoresby Hall

WRENN ID
muffled-span-weasel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Newark and Sherwood
Constituency
Sherwood Forest MP: Michelle Welsh (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 June 1986
Type
Ice house
OS grid reference
SK 639 707
Coordinates
53.23031, -1.0438
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The ice house located 500 meters southeast of Thoresby Hall dates from the mid-18th century. It is constructed of dressed stone and brick. On the eastern side, there are remains of a doorway featuring a segmental head and brick piers. The structure has a barrel-vaulted chamber with two doorways on the northern side, one of which has a round head. The overall dimensions of the ice house are approximately 6 meters by 4 meters.

Local climate

Ice House 500 Metres South East of Thoresby Hall sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% 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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