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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 96 SW 184 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Icehouse, Aymers, Lynsted |
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Summary
The icehouse was a circular brick below-ground structure with an entrance passgeway to the north side. It was demolished in 1925 and the bricks re-used.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 943 607 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ96SW |
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| Parish: | LYNSTED WITH KINGSDOWN, SWALE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- ICEHOUSE (Post Medieval to Modern - 1800 AD? to 1925 AD)
Full description
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Ice house demolished in 1925 in order to re-use bricks for building a wall in Lynstead. Circular structure, about 12ft in diameter, possible 10ft in depth. Brick passageway on N side had entrance door, and a 2nd door 3ft farther on; the well was below ground level. Ice gathered from a nearby pond. (1)
<1> Roaf, S. & Beamon, S. P., 1990, The Ice Houses of Britain, Beamon and Roaf, 'The Ice Houses of Britain,' 1990. (Monograph). SKE8293.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Monograph: Roaf, S. & Beamon, S. P.. 1990. The Ice Houses of Britain. Beamon and Roaf, 'The Ice Houses of Britain,' 1990.. |
