Ice House About 200 Metres North of Christchurch Mansion is a Grade II listed building in the Ipswich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 November 1990. Ice house.
Ice House About 200 Metres North of Christchurch Mansion
- WRENN ID
- under-gravel-yew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ipswich
- Constituency
- Ipswich MP: Jack Abbott (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 November 1990
- Type
- Ice house
- OS grid reference
- TM 166 451
- Coordinates
- 52.06252, 1.15844
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The ice house, located about 200 metres north of Christchurch Mansion in Ipswich, is a structure from the 18th century, likely built around 1735 when Christchurch Park was improved. It is constructed of brick and features a deep underground circular chamber with a domed top. There is a brick vaulted antechamber leading to the entrance on the north side, which is currently blocked and can be accessed by 20th-century concrete steps. Inside the chamber, there is a swamp at the bottom, and it is noted that the crown of the dome is said to have collapsed. This ice house is situated within Christchurch Park, which is now a municipal park and is associated with Christchurch Mansion, a building listed as grade I that was originally constructed in 1548 after the dissolution of the Augustinian Priory in 1536 and was partially rebuilt in 1675 following a fire. The ice house was likely built when Claude Fonnereau acquired the estate. Christchurch Park is also recognized in the Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest at grade II.
Local climate
Ice House About 200 Metres North of Christchurch Mansion sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% 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 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% 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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