Ice House East of Crofton Hall Stables is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 November 1984. Ice house.
Ice House East of Crofton Hall Stables
- WRENN ID
- over-rubble-primrose
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 November 1984
- Type
- Ice house
- Address
- Ice House East of Crofton Hall Stables, Thursby
- OS grid reference
- NY 303 499
- Coordinates
- 54.83951, -3.08551
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The ice house, located east of Crofton Hall stables, is likely from around 1826, the same date as the stable block. It is constructed of sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings and features a roof. The structure includes a sunken chamber with a vaulted roof, which is accessed by steps leading down to an L-shaped passage. This passage originally had four doors. The roof contains two rows of six iron hooks and is tarred and covered with earth. For further details, refer to the Transactions of the Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society, new series, volume 81, pages 147-148.
Local climate
Ice House East of Crofton Hall Stables sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,200 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 55 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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