Ice House Approximately 20 Metres North of Bingham's Melcombe House is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 May 1984. A Early C19 Ice house.
Ice House Approximately 20 Metres North of Bingham's Melcombe House
- WRENN ID
- fossil-attic-meadow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 May 1984
- Type
- Ice house
- OS grid reference
- ST 771 021
- Coordinates
- 50.81876, -2.32526
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The ice house, located approximately 20 meters north of Bingham's Melcombe House, dates from the early 19th century. It features a subterranean brick vault and has a plain wooden door set beneath a stone head. Access to the ice house is via a flight of steps.
Local climate
Ice House Approximately 20 Metres North of Bingham's Melcombe House receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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