Icehouse to South East of Four Seasons Vase in Melbourne Hall Gardens is a Grade II listed building in the South Derbyshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 March 1987. Icehouse.

Icehouse to South East of Four Seasons Vase in Melbourne Hall Gardens

WRENN ID
scarred-trefoil-crag
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Derbyshire
Constituency
South Derbyshire MP: Samantha Niblett (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 March 1987
Type
Icehouse
Address
Icehouse to South East of Four Seasons Vase in Melbourne Hall Gardens, Church Close
OS grid reference
SK 391 247
Coordinates
52.81892, -1.42011
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The icehouse located to the southeast of the Four Seasons Vase in Melbourne Hall Gardens is a late 18th-century structure that has undergone some repairs. It is built of brick and features a semi-circular brick facade with a plank door set beneath a stone lintel. Inside, there are steps leading down to a domed well. This icehouse is a later addition to the early 18th-century garden, which was designed by the Royal Gardeners to Queen Anne, London and Wise, for Thomas Coke of Melbourne Hall. The garden is recognized in the Derbyshire Historic Gardens Register at Grade I.

Local climate

Icehouse to South East of Four Seasons Vase in Melbourne Hall Gardens sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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