Ice House at St Joseph's Convent School is a Grade II listed building in the Barnet local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 August 1992. Icehouse.
Ice House at St Joseph's Convent School
- WRENN ID
- muffled-wicket-umber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Barnet
- Constituency
- Hendon MP: David Pinto-Duschinsky (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 August 1992
- Type
- Icehouse
- Address
- Ice House at St Joseph's Convent School, Watford Way
- OS grid reference
- TQ 226 891
- Coordinates
- 51.58829, -0.23132
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The ice house at St. Joseph's Convent School is a structure from the late 18th century to early 19th century. It is made of red brick and rendered with lime-based mortar, with its exterior covered in earth and shrubs for shade. The entrance features a round arch and leads down a short flight of shallow steps into a barrel-vaulted tunnel that is approximately 8 feet long. Inside, the space is cone-shaped with a drain at the base and a saucer dome above. This ice house was originally part of the Grove House estate.
Local climate
Ice House at St Joseph's Convent School 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 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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