Icehouse About 25 Metres South West of the Grove is a Grade II listed building in the Dover local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1987. Icehouse.

Icehouse About 25 Metres South West of the Grove

WRENN ID
wild-corner-ivory
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dover
Constituency
Herne Bay and Sandwich MP: Sir Roger Gale (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 November 1987
Type
Icehouse
OS grid reference
TR 268 571
Coordinates
51.26827, 1.25021
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This icehouse, located about 25 meters southwest of The Grove, dates from the mid-18th century and is constructed of red brick. It features an arched entrance passage that leads down to a barrel-vaulted chamber, which measures approximately 6 feet by 15 feet. The icehouse is associated with the last mansion of the Groves, built for Sir William Lynch, and is part of a historical context that includes the former stabling, now houses, a walled garden, and a dovecot, which still survive nearby.

Local climate

Icehouse About 25 Metres South West of the Grove sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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