Ice House is a Grade II listed building in the Charnwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 October 1984. Ice house.
Ice House
- WRENN ID
- muted-pediment-kestrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Charnwood
- Constituency
- Mid Leicestershire MP: Mr Peter Bedford (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 October 1984
- Type
- Ice house
- Address
- Ice House, Rectory Road, Wanlip
- OS grid reference
- SK 595 104
- Coordinates
- 52.68855, -1.11972
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The ice house is a structure from the late 18th century or early 19th century, built of brick. Externally, it has a domed shape with a short vaulted entrance tunnel. Inside, there is a deep well below ground level, creating an egg-shaped structure with a diameter of 15 feet. The construction features double-brick, with the exterior dome lined in rat-trap bond brickwork. The inner end of the entrance tunnel is rebated to accommodate a doorway with a high step. There is a small opening at the top of the dome, likely used for placing ice into the pit.
Local climate
Ice House receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% 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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