Boathouse or Icehouse About 260 Metres West North West of Oldstone is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1991. Boathouse, icehouse.

Boathouse or Icehouse About 260 Metres West North West of Oldstone

WRENN ID
eastward-paling-moss
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Hams
Constituency
South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 March 1991
Type
Boathouse, icehouse
OS grid reference
SX 814 518
Coordinates
50.3543, -3.66798
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This building is a boathouse or icehouse, likely dating from the late 18th century. It is constructed of stone rubble and has a single cell with a cruciform-like plan, set into a bank that overlooks fish ponds in Quarryhead Wood. The front wall features slate rubble and has a large round arch opening, although the head of the outer arch has collapsed. Inside, there is a barrel-vaulted roof, and at the back, the vaulted recess is narrower, forming a cruciform-like plan. The floor is made of slate bedrock. While it may have served as an icehouse, the large opening at the front suggests it was also used as a boathouse, as indicated on the 1906 Ordnance Survey map.

Local climate

Boathouse or Icehouse About 260 Metres West North West of Oldstone receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 6 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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