Icehouse at Tf98072171 is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 August 1984. Icehouse.
Icehouse at Tf98072171
- WRENN ID
- third-cobalt-hawthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Breckland
- Constituency
- Mid Norfolk MP: George Freeman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 August 1984
- Type
- Icehouse
- Address
- Icehouse at Tf98072171, Elmham Park, North Elmham
- OS grid reference
- TF 980 217
- Coordinates
- 52.7568, 0.93382
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The icehouse at North Elmham, located at TF 98072171, dates from the early 19th century. It is constructed of brick and some limestone, featuring an ovoid vault that is partially collapsed and visible above ground. There is a square opening at the top of the vault. A short barrel-vaulted passageway leads to the main vault, which has an arched entrance with two plain orders. The outer entrance, which was once similar in design, is flanked by swept buttressing walls topped with bullnose copings.
Local climate
Icehouse at Tf98072171 receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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