Bletchingdon Park, Icehouse Approximately 132 Metres West of Bletchingdon Park is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 February 1988. A Georgian Icehouse.
Bletchingdon Park, Icehouse Approximately 132 Metres West of Bletchingdon Park
- WRENN ID
- tattered-spandrel-sable
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 February 1988
- Type
- Icehouse
- Period
- Georgian
- OS grid reference
- SP 503 180
- Coordinates
- 51.85846, -1.26986
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an icehouse located approximately 132 metres west of Bletchingdon Park, dating from 1819 as inscribed above the inner door. The structure features squared and coursed limestone walls leading to a tunnel in front of the inner door, while the icehouse itself is constructed of brick and has a domed roof.
Local climate
Bletchingdon Park, Icehouse Approximately 132 Metres West of Bletchingdon Park 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 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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