Ice House Approximately 100 Metres North West of the Manor House is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1987. Ice house.
Ice House Approximately 100 Metres North West of the Manor House
- WRENN ID
- pitched-jade-heath
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- Mid Bedfordshire MP: Blake Stephenson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 March 1987
- Type
- Ice house
- OS grid reference
- SP 972 303
- Coordinates
- 51.96346, -0.58627
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The ice house, located approximately 100 meters northwest of the Manor House, dates from the 19th century and was originally part of the Manor House estate. The main structure is made of mottled red brick, with the entrance flanked by walls constructed of coursed ironstone rubble. It is set into an earth mound, with the entrance facing east. The ice house features a circular chamber topped with a domed roof. Access is provided by a tunnel that has cambered vaulting and slopes downwards from the entrance. It formerly included three airlock doors, which have all been removed. The walls flanking the entrance are curved, creating a small oval enclosure that slopes downwards from the mouth of the tunnel. There is a dry ice pond located approximately 15 meters to the north.
Local climate
Ice House Approximately 100 Metres North West of the Manor House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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