Survey Data

Reg No

13902510


Rating

Regional


Categories of Special Interest

Architectural


Original Use

Icehouse


Date

1730 - 1750


Coordinates

312790, 276650


Date Recorded

19/07/2005


Date Updated

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Description

Freestanding subterranean ice house, built c. 1740, now disused. Six rubble stone steps to square-headed entrance, droved ashlar lintel with red brick jambs, rubble stone walled chamber. Located to south-east of Beaulieu House, within the gardens.

Appraisal

This functional building is located within close proximity to Beaulieu House. The architectural treatment of the entrance adds to the quality of the structure. The ice house survives as a reminder of the period before artificial ice production became established in the last quarter of the nineteenth century and a time when the ice house was the only reliable means of refrigeration.