Icehouse in Swallowfield Park Approximately 420 Metres South East from House is a Grade II listed building in the Wokingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 February 1986. A C18 Icehouse.
Icehouse in Swallowfield Park Approximately 420 Metres South East from House
- WRENN ID
- final-plaster-furze
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wokingham
- Constituency
- Wokingham MP: Clive Jones (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 February 1986
- Type
- Icehouse
- OS grid reference
- SU 733 651
- Coordinates
- 51.38046, -0.94808
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The icehouse in Swallowfield Park, located approximately 420 metres southeast from the house, is an 18th-century structure. It is a large conical brick building, circular in shape, and mostly situated below ground level. The entrance features a semi-circular brick arch. This icehouse is included in the register for its historical significance, as it formerly served Swallowfield Park House.
Local climate
Icehouse in Swallowfield Park Approximately 420 Metres South East from House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% 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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