Ice House at Ashridge Management College (300 Metres to South South West of the Chapel) is a Grade II listed building in the Dacorum local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 1986. Ice house.

Ice House at Ashridge Management College (300 Metres to South South West of the Chapel)

WRENN ID
blind-pewter-mallow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dacorum
Constituency
Harpenden and Berkhamsted MP: Victoria Collins (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 December 1986
Type
Ice house
OS grid reference
SP 992 118
Coordinates
51.79683, -0.5619
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The ice house at Ashridge Management College, located 300 meters to the south-southwest of the chapel, dates from the early 19th century and is likely the work of architect Jeffry Wyatt, created between 1816 and 1822 for the 7th Earl of Bridgewater during the construction of Ashridge. The structure is dug into a bank, featuring a chamber that is 30 feet deep and accessed by a passage with checks for three doors. The entrance is set within an artificial escarpment made of puddingstone, with the door recessed beneath a large capstone.

Local climate

Ice House at Ashridge Management College (300 Metres to South South West of the Chapel) 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 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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