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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 75 NE 261 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Icehouse, Vinters park, near Maidstone |
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Summary
Icehouse
| Grid Reference: | TQ 775 563 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ75NE |
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| Parish: | BOXLEY, MAIDSTONE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- ICEHOUSE (ICEHOUSE, Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Full description
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Stands 275m from the site of the demolished home. A steep, N-facing tunnel opens into the circular ice pit. Set into a soil bank, the structure is 1m above ground, and 3m below. Built of brick and stone,the building has a domed roof and the walls are painted white. Uncertain date of construction, poss later than 1778. (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.. |
