Ice House at Youngsbury (350 Metres West South West) is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 November 1983. Ice house.

Ice House at Youngsbury (350 Metres West South West)

WRENN ID
solitary-iron-meadow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Hertfordshire
Constituency
North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 November 1983
Type
Ice house
OS grid reference
TL 365 177
Coordinates
51.84143, -0.01921
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The ice house at Youngsbury, located 350 meters west-southwest of the main house, dates from the late 18th century, with the date '1793' marked on a brick at the entrance. It is constructed of plum brick and features a segmental vaulted entrance tunnel that is approximately 3 meters long and 2 meters high at its crown. This tunnel leads into a circular chamber about 5 meters in diameter, which has a higher segmental domed top and a steep conical well made of brickwork. The tunnel enters the chamber high up at the springing of the dome and includes two rebates for doors along its length. The exit of the ice house is situated beneath the roots of a beech tree.

Local climate

Ice House at Youngsbury (350 Metres West South West) sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% 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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