Icehouse Approximately 190 Metres South West of Old Warden Park is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 March 1985. Icehouse.
Icehouse Approximately 190 Metres South West of Old Warden Park
- WRENN ID
- tilted-outpost-ivy
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 March 1985
- Type
- Icehouse
- OS grid reference
- TL 144 441
- Coordinates
- 52.08363, -0.33109
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This icehouse, built in the 19th century, is located approximately 190 metres southwest of Old Warden Park. It is constructed of red brick and is set into a circular earth mound. The entrance, which is brick-coped, is situated to the southeast. Inside, the structure features vaulted tunnels that slope down to a brick-lined circular room. This room has a shallow-domed ceiling and includes tiers of wooden shelving.
Local climate
Icehouse Approximately 190 Metres South West of Old Warden Park sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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