Ice House in Grounds to South West of Babington House is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 March 1968. Ice house.
Ice House in Grounds to South West of Babington House
- WRENN ID
- shadowed-mortar-thunder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 March 1968
- Type
- Ice house
- Address
- Ice House in Grounds to South West of Babington House, Kilmersdon
- OS grid reference
- ST 703 509
- Coordinates
- 51.25708, -2.42642
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The ice house, dating from the 18th century, is located in the grounds to the south-west of Babington House. It is constructed from random and coursed squared rubble. The structure features a circular "well" that is approximately 10 meters deep. The above-ground portion is also circular in plan and has a stepped domical roof. There is a square-headed door opening with a wooden lintel, set within a romantically gabled "porch," and it is adorned with a wrought-iron gate.
Local climate
Ice House in Grounds to South West of Babington House receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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