Ice House is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 July 1987. Recreational facility.

Ice House

WRENN ID
keen-glass-spindle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Babergh
Constituency
South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 July 1987
Type
Recreational facility
Address
Ice House, Woolverstone
OS grid reference
TM 196 382
Coordinates
51.99943, 1.19839
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The ice house, built in the 19th century for the Berners family, is located in Woolverstone Park. It is constructed of red brick and has been whitewashed. The structure features an arched entrance that leads to a passageway connecting to a domed chamber, which has a double skin of brickwork. There is a circular central opening to the outer dome, and the entire structure is covered with a mound of earth. At the time of the resurvey, the ice house was overgrown.

Local climate

Ice House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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