Ice House is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 November 1986. Ice house.
Ice House
- WRENN ID
- veiled-bronze-willow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Breckland
- Constituency
- South West Norfolk MP: Terry Jermy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 November 1986
- Type
- Ice house
- Address
- Ice House, South Pickenham
- OS grid reference
- TF 854 041
- Coordinates
- 52.60363, 0.73668
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The ice house, dating from the late 18th century to the early 19th century, is a circular chamber constructed of red brick. It is partly below ground level and features a domed top that is covered by an earth mound. The entrance includes a brick tunnel with a pointed arched head and piers for the entrance door.
Local climate
Ice House 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 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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