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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 63 NE 45 |
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| Type of record: | Listed Building |
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| Name: | ICE HOUSE ABOUT 50 METRES NORTH EAST OF OLD SCOTNEY CASTLE |
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Summary
Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1820 to 1860
Summary from record TQ 63 NE 27:
A Grade II listed icehouse is located at Scotney Castle Gardens. Built in 1834, it is conical in shape with a fir-twig thatched roof and remains in a good condition. It is located some 15m from the edge of the moat and a drain leads from the icehouse to the moat.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 69011 35330 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ63NE |
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| Parish: | LAMBERHURST, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT |
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Monument Types
- SITE (Post Medieval - 1820 AD to 1860 AD)
- ICEHOUSE (Post Medieval to Modern - 1834 AD to 2007 AD (between))
| Protected Status: | Listed Building (II) 1100289: ICE HOUSE ABOUT 50 METRES NORTH EAST OF OLD SCOTNEY CASTLE |
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Full description
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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
LAMBERHURST SCOTNEY TQ 63 NE 3/229 Ice House abmt 50 metres north east of Old Scotney Castle GV II
Ice house. Circa 1840. Brick lined chamber, with timber framed housing thatched with fir twigs and with weather boarded porch. The standing building a simple conical fern with central moulded post projecting at apex and with gabled porch to east with boarded door. Ice chamber sloping inwards to base.
Listing NGR: TQ6873635366
Description from record TQ 63 NE 27:
Built in 1834, this fir-twig thatched ice house is situated about 15m from the egde of the moat and is in sound condition. Conical brick construction, with a 58 sq cm sump and a 'U'-trapped drain into the moat at the bottom of the chamber. This hole is covered by a wrought-iron perforated plate. Red brick work cavity had allowed a great deal of moisture to seep trhough. Covering building a conical structure with moulded (entre?) post emerging at apex and gabled porch to East. Grade II listed building. (1)
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 and Roaf, 'The Ice Houses of Britain,' 1990. (Monograph). SKE8293.
Sources and further reading
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| 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 and Roaf, 'The Ice Houses of Britain,' 1990.. |
