Ice House is a Grade II listed building in the Wrexham local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 22 February 1995. House.

Ice House

WRENN ID
broken-plinth-wax
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wrexham
Constituency
Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
22 February 1995
Type
House
Address
Ice House, Wynnstay, Ruabon
OS grid reference
SJ 304 430
Coordinates
52.98024, -3.03694
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This is a circular ice house made of red brick in English bond. It features substantial remains, including a circular pit with retaining walls. There is evidence of a brick vault roof and an attached brick entrance passage.

Local climate

Ice House receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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