Major Icehouse at Rufford Abbey is a Grade II listed building in the Newark and Sherwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 April 1986. Icehouse.
Major Icehouse at Rufford Abbey
- WRENN ID
- stony-soffit-vermeil
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Newark and Sherwood
- Constituency
- Sherwood Forest MP: Michelle Welsh (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 April 1986
- Type
- Icehouse
- Address
- Major Icehouse at Rufford Abbey, Old Rufford Road
- OS grid reference
- SK 644 652
- Coordinates
- 53.18042, -1.03771
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Major Icehouse at Rufford Abbey is an icehouse built in the mid 18th century, with alterations made in the mid 20th century. It is constructed from brick, ashlar, and coursed dressed stone, featuring a single bay and an octagonal plan. The rebuilt east front includes a pair of flanking walls and a central splayed round-headed relieving arch that contains a rebated round-headed doorway. Inside, the octagonal chamber has an ashlar top band and a vault, with an approximate diameter of 7 meters.
Local climate
Major Icehouse at Rufford Abbey 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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