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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 57 SE 1014
Type of record:Listed Building
Name:ICEHOUSE IN GROUNDS OF DARENTH GRANGE TO SOUTH EAST OF HOUSE

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1800 to 1832

Summary from record TQ 57 SE 136:

Pm icehouse, darenth grange.

Grid Reference:TQ 5617 7159
Map Sheet:TQ57SE
Parish:DARENTH, DARTFORD, KENT

Monument Types

  • ICEHOUSE (ICEHOUSE, Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • SITE (Post Medieval - 1800 AD to 1832 AD)
Protected Status:Listed Building (II) 1085816: ICEHOUSE IN GROUNDS OF DARENTH GRANGE TO SOUTH EAST OF HOUSE

Full description

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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 5274 DARENTH DARENTH HILL (north side)
Icehouse in grounds of Darenth Grange to south- east of house TQ 57 SE 4/3
II
2. Probably early C19. Brick cambered arch visible above ground level. This leads to a subterranean chamber. Reference in 'Archaeologia Cantiana' 1975.
Listing NGR: TQ5617071591

Description from record TQ 57 SE 136:
Icehouse listed grade II, prob. EC19. Brick arch visible above ground, the entrance has been sealed with a slab. (1) Additional bibliography (2) A C17 ice house reported as being restored during 1997 in grounds of Darenth Grange after having been bricked up in the 1960s. (3)


English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

<1> Roaf, S. & Beamon, S. P., 1990, The Ice Houses of Britain, Beamon, Icehouses of Britain, 1990. (Monograph). SKE8293.

<2> Arch Cant. no. 75. (OS Card Reference). SKE36477.

<3> Not applicable, SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry, Kentish Times 24/4/97 (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6440.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
---Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
<1>Monograph: Roaf, S. & Beamon, S. P.. 1990. The Ice Houses of Britain. Beamon, Icehouses of Britain, 1990..
<2>OS Card Reference: Arch Cant. no. 75..
<3>Miscellaneous Material: Not applicable. SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry. Kentish Times 24/4/97.