Ice House at Beechwood Park School (30 Metres to West of North Stables) is a Grade II listed building in the Dacorum local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 March 1987. Ice house.

Ice House at Beechwood Park School (30 Metres to West of North Stables)

WRENN ID
cold-rubblework-brook
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dacorum
Constituency
Harpenden and Berkhamsted MP: Victoria Collins (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 March 1987
Type
Ice house
OS grid reference
TL 044 145
Coordinates
51.81951, -0.48584
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The ice house at Beechwood Park School, located 30 meters to the west of the North Stables, dates from the 18th century, likely around 1754. It was designed by Lancelot 'Capability' Brown for Sir Thomas Sebright during the landscaping of the park and the planning to enlarge the house. The structure is made of red brick in English bond, with many purple bricks, and is set into an earth mound. It features a circular conical well approximately 5 meters in diameter, topped with a dome. The entrance, which faces east, is a 2-meter long passage with a tunnel vault that is now largely destroyed. There are recesses for a wooden floor structure located about 7 meters below the entrance level.

Local climate

Ice House at Beechwood Park School (30 Metres to West of North Stables) sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% 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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