Icehouse, at Madingley Hall is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 May 1985. Icehouse. 1 related planning application.

Icehouse, at Madingley Hall

WRENN ID
ragged-hammer-spring
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Cambridgeshire
Constituency
St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire MP: Ian Sollom (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 May 1985
Type
Icehouse
Address
Icehouse, at Madingley Hall, High Street
OS grid reference
TL 391 604
Coordinates
52.22451, 0.0359
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The icehouse at Madingley Hall is a structure from the 18th to 19th century, built of brick and round in plan.

Local climate

Icehouse, at Madingley Hall 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 97% 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 52% 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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