Ice House at Convent of the Sacred Heart is a Grade II listed building in the Epsom and Ewell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 November 1994. Ice house.

Ice House at Convent of the Sacred Heart

WRENN ID
other-keystone-shade
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Epsom and Ewell
Constituency
Epsom and Ewell MP: Helen Maguire (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 November 1994
Type
Ice house
Address
Ice House at Convent of the Sacred Heart, Dorking Road
OS grid reference
TQ 203 602
Coordinates
51.32858, -0.27448
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The ice house at the Convent of the Sacred Heart is a Grade II listed structure, likely built around 1700. It is constructed of brick and is set within an earth mound at the end of a long canal. The building has a spherical shape with a cup and dome design, standing a maximum of sixteen feet high. Access to the ice house is via a narrow brick tunnel located near its top. This ice house was part of The Elms estate, which was visited by Celia Fiennes during her travels through Surrey from 1708 to 1712. She described the estate as having "two mounts cut smooth, between is a canal, these mounts are several steps up under which are ice houses."

Local climate

Ice House at Convent of the Sacred Heart 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 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% 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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