Ice House at St Josephs Roman Catholic School is a Grade II listed building in the Waltham Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 October 1990. Ice-house.

Ice House at St Josephs Roman Catholic School

WRENN ID
patient-landing-scarlet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Waltham Forest
Constituency
Leyton and Wanstead MP: Mr Calvin Bailey (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 October 1990
Type
Ice-house
Address
Ice House at St Josephs Roman Catholic School, Marsh Lane
OS grid reference
TQ 371 869
Coordinates
51.56484, -0.02308
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The ice house at St Joseph's Roman Catholic School is a structure dating from the late 18th century or early 19th century. It is built of red-brown brick and is covered with earth. A vaulted tunnel leads to a domed, circular chamber. The entrance to the low, segmental-arched tunnel is through a board door set in a screen wall that features a stone cornice. Inside, there is a basket-arched entrance (with the door removed) leading into the chamber, which has been filled in. This ice house served Etloe House on Church Road.

Local climate

Ice House at St Josephs Roman Catholic School sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% 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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