Ice House at Ngr 4635 5400 is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1984. Ice house.

Ice House at Ngr 4635 5400

WRENN ID
upper-belfry-woodpecker
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire West and Chester
Constituency
Chester South and Eddisbury MP: Aphra Brandreth (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 June 1984
Type
Ice house
Address
Ice House at Ngr 4635 5400, Carden
OS grid reference
SJ 463 540
Coordinates
53.08053, -2.80236
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The ice house, dating from the early 19th century, is constructed of brick and set within an artificial mound of earth. It features a round domed chamber with a double wall that has cavities. Access is provided through a barrel-vaulted passage that includes an angled turn designed to block sunlight. There is a segmental-arched loading passage located at a high level on the north side.

Local climate

Ice House at Ngr 4635 5400 receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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