Ice House at Newton Manor is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 January 1994. Ice house.

Ice House at Newton Manor

WRENN ID
hollow-steeple-thistle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Cambridgeshire
Constituency
South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 January 1994
Type
Ice house
Address
Ice House at Newton Manor, Town Street
OS grid reference
TL 436 491
Coordinates
52.12225, 0.09677
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The ice house at Newton Manor is an early to mid-19th century structure. It is built of brick and features a rustic-work verandah with a thatched roof. The design is ovoid, with a low tunnel leading to the chamber. The dome of the ice house is partly concealed by the curved seat and back of the low verandah. Please note that Newton Manor itself is not included in this listing.

Local climate

Ice House at Newton Manor sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% 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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