Ice House Approximately 30 Metres South of Rycote Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 May 1985. Ice house. 1 related planning application.
Ice House Approximately 30 Metres South of Rycote Chapel
- WRENN ID
- low-cornice-sienna
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 May 1985
- Type
- Ice house
- Address
- Ice House Approximately 30 Metres South of Rycote Chapel, OX9 2PE
- OS grid reference
- SP 667 046
- Coordinates
- 51.73639, -1.03543
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The ice house, located approximately 30 meters south of Rycote Chapel, dates from the 18th to 19th century. It features an entrance with a plank door that leads to a brick vault beneath an earth mound. This structure is situated within the grounds of Rycote House.
Local climate
Ice House Approximately 30 Metres South of Rycote Chapel sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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