Icehouse at Rheola House is a Grade II listed building in the Neath Port Talbot local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 10 May 2011. Icehouse.
Icehouse at Rheola House
- WRENN ID
- strange-flagstone-burdock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Neath Port Talbot
- Constituency
- Neath and Swansea East MP: Carolyn Harris (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 10 May 2011
- Type
- Icehouse
- Address
- Icehouse at Rheola House, Glynneath
- OS grid reference
- SN 841 043
- Coordinates
- 51.72615, -3.67829
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The icehouse at Rheola House is a rectangular masonry structure that is mostly underground, built into the sloping ground on its north side. It consists of two sections: a lower curved, battered sub-structure that forms the main underground chamber, and a narrower low rectangular vaulted structure above. The upper part is covered by a layer of earth with stone slates placed on top. Access to the main vaulted structure is through a narrow doorway, which previously had gates, located at the southwest end of the upper section. A short passage leads to the brick-lined chamber at the northeast end.
Local climate
Icehouse at Rheola House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,340 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 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% 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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