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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 05 NW 30 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | Ice house, Lees Court Park, Sheldwich |
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Summary
Ice House
| Grid Reference: | TR 0244 5605 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR05NW |
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| Parish: | SHELDWICH, SWALE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- ICEHOUSE (ICEHOUSE, Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
| Protected Status: | Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Probable 19th century Icehouse |
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Full description
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Situated 600 m East from the main building, and completely covered by a bank. Entered through a tunnel into the internal circular brick chamber with a domed roof. No longer on OS maps. (1)
This is presumably the ice house visited by the Kent Underground Research Group in 2014.(2)
<1> Roaf, S. & Beamon, S. P., 1990, The Ice Houses of Britain, Beamon and Roaf, 'The Ice Houses of Britain,' 1990. (Monograph). SKE8293.
<2> Rod Legear, 2015, Some underground features on the Lees Court Estate in Sheldwich/Badlesmere (Article in serial). SKE51713.
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.. |
| <2> | Article in serial: Rod Legear. 2015. Some underground features on the Lees Court Estate in Sheldwich/Badlesmere. Archaeologia Cantiana vol. 136 pp 293-303. |
