Icehouse at The Grondra is a Grade II listed building in the Monmouthshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 30 January 2001. Icehouse.

Icehouse at The Grondra

WRENN ID
late-spire-russet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Monmouthshire
Constituency
Monmouthshire MP: Catherine Fookes (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
30 January 2001
Type
Icehouse
Address
Icehouse at The Grondra, Chepstow, Shirenewton, NP16 6AG
OS grid reference
ST 493 936
Coordinates
51.63954, -2.73382
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The icehouse at The Grondra is made of red sandstone rubble and likely features a brick vault, covered by a typical earth mound. It has an entrance that consists of an elliptically arched tunnel approximately 10 meters long, which leads to a rectangular vaulted room with a flat paved floor.

Local climate

Icehouse at The Grondra receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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