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
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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