Icehouse, at Rear of Country Kennels is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 May 1985. Icehouse.
Icehouse, at Rear of Country Kennels
- WRENN ID
- deep-pediment-ivy
- 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 Rear of Country Kennels, Old Rectory Drive, Dry Drayton
- OS grid reference
- TL 379 622
- Coordinates
- 52.24132, 0.01879
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The icehouse at the rear of the Country Kennels dates from around 1830 and is constructed of gault brick. It has a round plan and features a round-headed arch at the entry. Inside, there is a conical basin that is lined with intact brickwork. This icehouse is associated with the Old Rectory on Old Rectory Drive.
Local climate
Icehouse, at Rear of Country Kennels 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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