Survey Data
Reg No
30411614
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Previous Name
Dalystown
Original Use
Icehouse
Date
1790 - 1810
Coordinates
167498, 211556
Date Recorded
13/08/2009
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding circular-plan icehouse, built c.1800. Comprises corbelled rubble limestone roof, rubble limestone walls, partially grassed over, with redbrick skin to interior. Pointed arch entrance. Socketed rubble limestone stone to site. Domed ceiling internally, base filled with rubble, and structure overgrown.
Appraisal
Icehouses are a rare building type and are mainly associated, as in this case, with the demesnes of large country houses. They illustrate the engineering and innovation required to preserve and chill food in the past.