Ice House to north-east of Newbiggin Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. Ice house.
Ice House to north-east of Newbiggin Hall
- WRENN ID
- lost-tower-brook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Ice house
- Address
- Ice House to north-east of Newbiggin Hall, St. Cuthbert Without
- OS grid reference
- NY 434 509
- Coordinates
- 54.84973, -2.88293
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The ice house located to the north-east of Newbiggin Hall is an early 19th-century structure. It consists of a single rectangular chamber that is situated below ground level. The walls, floor, and roof are made of red sandstone. Inside, the chamber features a sloping flagged floor with a central soakaway drain. The roof includes a central trapdoor opening, which, along with the entrance, is the only part visible above ground, as it is covered by a low mound of earth. Ice was placed into the building through this trapdoor.
Local climate
Ice House to north-east of Newbiggin Hall sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,160 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 55 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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