Ice House to NW of Bedwellty House is a Grade II listed building in the Blaenau Gwent local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 21 August 1992. Ice house.

Ice House to NW of Bedwellty House

WRENN ID
veiled-moulding-hyssop
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Blaenau Gwent
Constituency
Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney MP: Nick Smith (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
21 August 1992
Type
Ice house
Address
Ice House to NW of Bedwellty House, Tredegar
OS grid reference
SO 142 085
Coordinates
51.76934, -3.24365
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Ice House located to the northwest of Bedwellty House is a single-storey building designed in a T-plan. It is constructed from randomly coursed local rubble with yellow brick detailing, including long quoins. The building features a slate roof with wide eaves. The northern range has a small brick chimney at the eastern end and a rebuilt yellow brick bellcote at the western end. The bell, which was cast at Tredegar Ironworks in 1837, was previously hung at a former school.

On the western end, there is a round-arched window opening with a boarded door. The northern door also has a round-arched head and is set in an iron frame, featuring a boarded door. The lower gabled southern wing has a south-facing round-arched window with altered glazing and contains the entry to the ice chamber.

Inside, the upper chamber has a simple stone-flagged floor and an opening in the centre that leads down to the ice chamber. There is a cast-iron fireplace present. The domed ice chamber is lined with yellow brick and tapers down towards a drain. Access to this chamber is provided via a tunnel, with the entrance being raised due to the ground level.

Local climate

Ice House to NW of Bedwellty House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,120 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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