Ice House Approximately 80 Metres South West of Church on Site of Former Palace of Bishops of Salisbury is a Grade II listed building in the Wokingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 October 1983. Ice house.
Ice House Approximately 80 Metres South West of Church on Site of Former Palace of Bishops of Salisbury
- WRENN ID
- tangled-chalk-ebony
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wokingham
- Constituency
- Earley and Woodley MP: Yuan Yang (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 October 1983
- Type
- Ice house
- OS grid reference
- SU 755 755
- Coordinates
- 51.47351, -0.91428
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The ice house is an 18th-century brick conical structure situated below ground, approximately 80 metres southwest of the church, on the site of the former Palace of Bishops of Salisbury. It was used for ice storage and is included in the listing for its historical interest.
Local climate
Ice House Approximately 80 Metres South West of Church on Site of Former Palace of Bishops of Salisbury 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 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% 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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