Ice House About 250 Yards North-West of Hanbury Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Wychavon local planning authority area, England. Ice house.

Ice House About 250 Yards North-West of Hanbury Hall

WRENN ID
lone-garret-khaki
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wychavon
Constituency
Redditch MP: Chris Bloore (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Ice house
OS grid reference
SO 941 638
Coordinates
52.27258, -2.0877
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The ice house, located about 250 yards north-west of Hanbury Hall, dates from the mid-18th century and is constructed of brick. It has a circular plan with a floor measuring approximately 12½ feet in diameter. The walls are cambered and rise to a diameter of about 16 feet at the springing of the domed roof, which reaches about 20 feet high at its apex. The entrance passage on the north-west side is vaulted, extending about 28 feet long and sloping down from the pit to a sump near the entrance door. There is also a hatchway on the opposite side for filling the ice house, which is now glazed. To the west of the ice house, there were a series of pools equipped with sluices for ice production. This ice house is noted as a particularly good example of its type.

Local climate

Ice House About 250 Yards North-West of Hanbury Hall receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% 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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