Ice House (North East of Launde Abbey) is a Grade II listed building in the Harborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 January 1985. Ice house.
Ice House (North East of Launde Abbey)
- WRENN ID
- empty-bailey-hawthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Harborough
- Constituency
- Rutland and Stamford MP: Alicia Kearns (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 January 1985
- Type
- Ice house
- Address
- Ice House (North East of Launde Abbey), Withcote Road
- OS grid reference
- SK 798 044
- Coordinates
- 52.63184, -0.82097
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The ice house, located to the northeast of Launde Abbey, is likely from the early 19th century and constructed of brick. It is built into a natural slope above a lake and features a roofless entrance passage facing west, along with outer retaining walls. The entrance has a segmentally arched opening leading to an earth-covered chamber, which has a high threshold that is now damaged. Inside, the chamber is egg-shaped with a domed cavity, measuring approximately 14 feet in diameter.
Local climate
Ice House (North East of Launde Abbey) 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 79% 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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