Double Ice House in Corner of Field 15 Metres to North West of St Ibbs Lodge is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 May 1987. Icehouse.
Double Ice House in Corner of Field 15 Metres to North West of St Ibbs Lodge
- WRENN ID
- blind-railing-plum
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Hitchin MP: Alistair Strathern (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 May 1987
- Type
- Icehouse
- OS grid reference
- TL 194 268
- Coordinates
- 51.9275, -0.26483
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The double ice house, located in the corner of a field 15 meters to the northwest of St. Ibbs Lodge, dates from after 1816 and was used to store ice for St. Ibbs. It is constructed of red brick in Flemish bond within the passages. The structure features two underground chambers designed for storing ice, likely sourced from the lake to the east. Each chamber has a diameter of about 5 meters and is conically shaped, lined with brick, and covered by a brick dome. Access to the chambers is provided at the springing level of the dome through a segmental arched vaulted passage that is approximately 1 meter wide and 3 meters long. Each passage has checks for two or more doors, with the outer doors located where the passages meet at right angles. One passage extends further north as an entrance, although this section has now collapsed, while the other passage branches off to the west. The chambers are partly filled with rubbish and earth.
Local climate
Double Ice House in Corner of Field 15 Metres to North West of St Ibbs Lodge 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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