Ice House of Middleton Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Carmarthenshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 19 May 1999. Ice house. 1 related planning application.

Ice House of Middleton Hall

WRENN ID
rusted-bonework-soot
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Carmarthenshire
Constituency
Caerfyrddin MP: Ann Davies (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
19 May 1999
Type
Ice house
Address
Ice House of Middleton Hall, Carmarthen, Llanarthney, SA32 8HG
OS grid reference
SN 517 180
Coordinates
51.84162, -4.1527
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Ice House of Middleton Hall is a structure featuring two low stonework wing walls that slightly converge towards a brickwork tunnel entrance. The ice house has been excavated into a pre-existing bank, so there is no noticeable mound above it.

Inside, there is a brickwork-lined and domed chamber that measures about 3 meters in diameter and extends 3 meters below the entrance level. The dome's peak consists of a stone approximately 0.5 meters in diameter. At the bottom of the chamber, there is a sump and soakaway designed to drain melt-water away from the ice. The entrance passage on the right side of the chamber is about 3 meters long and constructed from brickwork. It originally had three doors, but only slots for the frames remain. A modern security grille is present at the inner access position.

Local climate

Ice House of Middleton Hall sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,360 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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