Icehouse at Alton Manor is a Grade II listed building in the Amber Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 March 1986. Icehouse.
Icehouse at Alton Manor
- WRENN ID
- lesser-corbel-thistle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Amber Valley
- Constituency
- Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 March 1986
- Type
- Icehouse
- Address
- Icehouse at Alton Manor, Wirksworth Road, Idridgehay and Alton
- OS grid reference
- SK 282 511
- Coordinates
- 53.0565, -1.58068
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The icehouse at Alton Manor, dating from around 1846, is a circular structure located to the northwest of Alton Manor. It is built of stone and features a brick lining within the well. The icehouse is now covered with overgrowth and has three doorways, with access provided through a straight passage. Currently, it is abandoned and has become flooded.
Local climate
Icehouse at Alton Manor receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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