Icehouse at Hillgate is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 12 September 1996. Icehouse.

Icehouse at Hillgate

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Powys
Constituency
Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
12 September 1996
Type
Icehouse
Address
Icehouse at Hillgate, Pentre, Newtown, Kerry
OS grid reference
SO 160 877
Coordinates
52.48119, -3.23737
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The icehouse at Hillgate, likely built in the early 19th century, consists of a tunnel covered by a segmental or horseshoe stone vault, which was originally plastered, with earth heaped on top to create a mound. It measures approximately 12 meters long, 2 meters wide, and 1.4 meters high. There are recesses with cast iron fronts on either side, set back 1.5 meters from the front. The passage is believed to have a chamber beneath its floor, although this is now filled in. The entrance features drystone wing walls and was once fitted with a timber door and frame within the arch.

Local climate

Icehouse at Hillgate receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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