Icehouse is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 June 1985. Icehouse.

Icehouse

WRENN ID
muffled-threshold-azure
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Yorkshire
Constituency
Richmond and Northallerton MP: Rishi Sunak (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 June 1985
Type
Icehouse
Address
Icehouse, East Witton
OS grid reference
SE 175 857
Coordinates
54.26678, -1.73234
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The icehouse, dating from the mid-19th century, is constructed of brick and rubble. It features a brick-lined beehive shape with a barrel-vaulted access. The doorway has stone in the lower courses and brick above, and the entire structure is set within a mound.

Local climate

Icehouse receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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