Icehouse Approximately 150 Metres North East of Wroxton College is a Grade II* listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. Icehouse.
Icehouse Approximately 150 Metres North East of Wroxton College
- WRENN ID
- blind-finial-khaki
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Icehouse
- OS grid reference
- SP 418 416
- Coordinates
- 52.07205, -1.39093
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This icehouse, located approximately 150 meters northeast of Wroxton College, dates back to the early 18th century and was restored in 1980. It is likely designed by Tilleman Bobart. The structure is made of ironstone ashlar and is covered by a mound of soil. It features an entrance passage that leads down steps into the icehouse. The icehouse measures 15 feet from the eye to the top of the soakaway, with an additional 4 feet 6 inches to the earth base, and has a circumference of approximately 11 feet.
Local climate
Icehouse Approximately 150 Metres North East of Wroxton College receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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