Ice House is a Grade II listed building in the Peak District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1987. Ice house.
Ice House
- WRENN ID
- winter-turret-saffron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Peak District National Park
- Constituency
- Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 June 1987
- Type
- Ice house
- Address
- Ice House, Chatsworth, Derbyshire Dales
- OS grid reference
- SK 260 710
- Coordinates
- 53.23561, -1.61057
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Ice House, located in Chatsworth Park, is a structure that likely dates back to 1693, with some later rebuilding. It is built from coursed squared sandstone and features a low flat arched entrance with a moulded lintel, which is currently blocked. A curved retaining wall extends from the entrance, and there is a large earth-covered mound behind it that conceals the main body of the ice house. Historical records indicate that an ice house was present at Chatsworth in 1693, just 33 years after the introduction of ice houses to England. The Gardens and Park surrounding the ice house are recognized on the Gardens Register at Grade I.
Local climate
Ice House receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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