Icehouse in the Grounds of Avenue House, 20 Church Street is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. Icehouse.
Icehouse in the Grounds of Avenue House, 20 Church Street
- WRENN ID
- lone-rood-onyx
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- Mid Bedfordshire MP: Blake Stephenson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Icehouse
- Address
- Icehouse in the Grounds of Avenue House, 20 Church Street, Ampthill
- OS grid reference
- TL 035 383
- Coordinates
- 52.03365, -0.49128
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The icehouse located in the grounds of Avenue House at 20 Church Street dates from around 1820 and was relined during the Victorian period. It is constructed of crude rubble masonry with a brick core and interior. The structure features a shallow dome shape and has a pointed rustic arch at the entrance, which is situated just below ground level to the south. Inside, there is a circular well chamber. The lower jambs of the entrance show some damage. The apex of the dome is pierced by a metal spout that once supported a decorative ball.
Local climate
Icehouse in the Grounds of Avenue House, 20 Church Street sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% 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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