Icehouse 350 Metres West South West of Heveningham Hall is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 March 1985. A C19 Icehouse.

Icehouse 350 Metres West South West of Heveningham Hall

WRENN ID
blind-chalk-elm
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Suffolk
Constituency
Suffolk Coastal MP: Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 March 1985
Type
Icehouse
OS grid reference
TM 347 732
Coordinates
52.30734, 1.44195
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This icehouse, located 350 meters west-southwest of Heveningham Hall, dates from the early 19th century and has had repairs made in the 20th century. It features a brick dome approximately 3 meters in diameter, with an entrance passageway on the north side. Both the dome and the entrance are partially buried and topped with a thatched roof. The entrance has a crowstepped gable and an outer plank door, although the inner door is now missing.

Local climate

Icehouse 350 Metres West South West of Heveningham Hall sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 21 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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