Icehouse in Hoo Park at Grid Reference Tl 1934 1981 is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 February 1988. Icehouse.
Icehouse in Hoo Park at Grid Reference Tl 1934 1981
- WRENN ID
- eternal-nave-twilight
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Hitchin MP: Alistair Strathern (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 February 1988
- Type
- Icehouse
- Address
- Icehouse in Hoo Park at Grid Reference Tl 1934 1981, Codicote Road, St. Paul's Walden
- OS grid reference
- TL 193 198
- Coordinates
- 51.86412, -0.26813
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an 18th-century icehouse located in Hoo Park, constructed from red brick in English bond. It features a circular, egg-shaped dome approximately 5 meters in diameter, which is buried in the ground at the edge of a copse, next to a large horse chestnut tree. The earth has been removed from the cap, and the structure is partly broken in. There is a blocked entrance on the east side of the chamber, which is buried externally. The icehouse is about 10 meters deep inside and is associated with the mansion known as The Hoo, which was demolished around 1958.
Local climate
Icehouse in Hoo Park at Grid Reference Tl 1934 1981 sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 82% 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 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% 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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