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Monument details
Summary
ICEHOUSE (FORMER SITE OF), NOW A CHILDRENS PLAYGROUND IN INVICTA BARRACKS, MAIDSTONE
Grid Reference: | TQ 7588 5727 |
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Map Sheet: | TQ75NE |
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Parish: | MAIDSTONE, MAIDSTONE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- ICEHOUSE (ICEHOUSE, Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Full description
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Icehouse, formerly situated in a shrubbery near the Old House, the former Lushington family home now within Invicta Barracks, Maidstone. Domed roofed icehouse accessable by stone steps , the site now used as a childrens' playground. Ice was obtained from a lake fed by a hydraulic ram (location unknown). The date of construction and destruction of the ice house are unknown.
<1> Roaf, S. & Beamon, S. P., 1990, The Ice Houses of Britain, Beamon, S & Roaf, S 1990 'Ice Houses of Britain' p317 (Monograph). SKE8293.
Sources and further reading
Cross-ref.
| Source description | <1> | Monograph: Roaf, S. & Beamon, S. P.. 1990. The Ice Houses of Britain. Beamon, S & Roaf, S 1990 'Ice Houses of Britain' p317. |