Rockport Ice House, Rockport Road, Holywood, Co Down is a Grade D1 Record Only listed building in the Ards and North Down local planning authority area, Northern Ireland.
Rockport Ice House, Rockport Road, Holywood, Co Down
- WRENN ID
- lesser-alcove-grove
- Grade
- D1 Record Only
- Local Planning Authority
- Ards and North Down
- Constituency
- North Down MP: Alex Easton (Ind)
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Irish grid reference
- J 437 816
- Coordinates
- 54.66245, -5.77254
- Source
- NI Environment Agency listing
Description
A circular brick vault, located on Rockport Road, Holywood, Co Down, served as an ice house for Rockport House. It is a simple structure, constructed as a vault of brick. While functional, its design is not considered to be particularly distinct within the local context. The building has been partially surveyed and is recorded only because of its significance as part of the historic estate.
Local climate
Rockport Ice House, Rockport Road, Holywood, Co Down sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,080 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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- No sale records on file
- No related consent applications matched
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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