Double icehouse in Pontypool Park is a Grade II listed building in the Torfaen local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 28 August 1997. Icehouse. 4 related planning applications.
Double icehouse in Pontypool Park
- WRENN ID
- stony-joist-burdock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torfaen
- Constituency
- Torfaen MP: Nick Thomas-Symonds (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 28 August 1997
- Type
- Icehouse
- Address
- Double icehouse in Pontypool Park, Pontymoile
- OS grid reference
- SO 283 010
- Coordinates
- 51.70388, -3.03888
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The double icehouse in Pontypool Park is a domed brick structure built into the bank across from the stable block, which is now The Valley Inheritance Museum. It features one exposed brick wall, which may have originally been concealed by earth, and a concrete-reinforced top with two round holes.
Inside, both icehouses have an egg-shaped design with only a top entrance, although there is likely a drain hole at the bottom.
Local climate
Double icehouse in Pontypool Park receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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