Ice House in Sulby Covert Approximately 40 Metres South South East of Sulby Lodge is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 May 1990. Ice house. 2 related planning applications.
Ice House in Sulby Covert Approximately 40 Metres South South East of Sulby Lodge
- WRENN ID
- grey-bastion-owl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Daventry MP: Stuart Andrew (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 May 1990
- Type
- Ice house
- Address
- Ice House in Sulby Covert Approximately 40 Metres South South East of Sulby Lodge, LE16 9UJ
- OS grid reference
- SP 667 818
- Coordinates
- 52.43076, -1.0195
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an 18th-century ice house located approximately 40 metres south-southeast of Sulby Lodge in Sulby Covert. The structure is built of brick and is partially earth-covered. A staircase with a retaining wall leads through a round-headed arch into a barrel-vaulted corridor, which then serves a deep, brick-lined ice well with a vaulted brick roof. Elements of the brick superstructure are visible externally.
Local climate
Ice House in Sulby Covert Approximately 40 Metres South South East of Sulby Lodge receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2018
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- 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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