Ice House in the grounds at Rug is a Grade II listed building in the Denbighshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 1 February 1995. Schoolhouse.

Ice House in the grounds at Rug

WRENN ID
long-mortar-vale
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Denbighshire
Constituency
Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
1 February 1995
Type
Schoolhouse
Address
Ice House in the grounds at Rug, Corwen
OS grid reference
SJ 056 438
Coordinates
52.98391, -3.40746
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The ice house at Rug features a chamber that is accessed through a straight passage. This passage has stone external retaining walls and a brick arched ceiling.

Local climate

Ice House in the grounds at Rug sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% 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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