Ice Well to Right of Path Near Entrance of the Tarn Recreation Ground is a Grade II listed building in the Greenwich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 June 1973. Ice well.
Ice Well to Right of Path Near Entrance of the Tarn Recreation Ground
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Greenwich
- Constituency
- Eltham and Chislehurst MP: Clive Efford (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 June 1973
- Type
- Ice well
- Address
- Ice Well to Right of Path Near Entrance of the Tarn Recreation Ground, Court Road Se9
- OS grid reference
- TQ 426 733
- Coordinates
- 51.44132, 0.05158
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an 18th-century ice well located to the right of the path near the entrance of "The Tarn" recreation ground. It has an ovoid shape, with the longer end buried in the ground. The structure is made of two thicknesses of handmade brick. The Borough Council has removed a section from the top to allow for viewing and to enhance its appeal as an interesting exhibit.
Local climate
Ice Well to Right of Path Near Entrance of the Tarn Recreation Ground sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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