Ice House is a Grade II listed building in the Richmond upon Thames local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 June 1983. Ice house.

Ice House

WRENN ID
dark-mortar-magpie
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Richmond upon Thames
Constituency
Richmond Park MP: Sarah Olney (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 June 1983
Type
Ice house
Address
Ice House, Ham House
OS grid reference
TQ 171 730
Coordinates
51.44446, -0.31503
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The ice house at Ham House is probably from the 18th century and is made of rendered brick. It has a domed cylindrical shape with an access passage on the west side. Inside, you can see fine "headerbond" brickwork, which is illuminated by small circular openings known as oculi.

Local climate

Ice House 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 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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