Ice House at Tl 4870 2678 Manuden House is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1997. A C19 Ice house.

Ice House at Tl 4870 2678 Manuden House

WRENN ID
night-column-river
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Uttlesford
Constituency
North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 June 1997
Type
Ice house
OS grid reference
TL 487 267
Coordinates
51.91987, 0.16094
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The ice house at Manuden House dates from the early to mid 19th century. It features red brick walls constructed in both Flemish and English bond, topped with plain clay tiles. This unusual structure has a circular chamber both above and below ground, with a conical roof and an entrance porch. The walls of the chamber are plain and unfenestrated, and it has a timber frame roof with a timber finial. The pitched and gabled entrance porch includes a flat gauged brick arch and an entrance door with a half round relieving arch above it. The interior of the chamber has not been inspected.

Local climate

Ice House at Tl 4870 2678 Manuden House 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 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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