Listed Building: ICE HOUSE IN THE GROUNDS OF HOLE PARK (1391382)

Grade II
Authority
Date assigned 30 July 2010
Date last amended

Description

ROLVENDEN 945/0/10018 BENENDEN ROAD 10-MAY-05 Ice House in the grounds of Hole Park GV II Ice house. Probably C18. A tapering cylindrical ice house with domed roof, lined in brick in header bond. The well is about 11 feet in diameter, tapering slightly downward. Its overall depth is about 16 feet. A drain exists which empties into the valley. The exterior was covered in a cement based render, possibly in the early part of the C20. The brick north facing approach tunnel was 14 feet long and 4 feet wide but only a few courses remain buried in the undergrowth. The source of ice was probably a series of ponds on the estate and one dried up pond to the south is no more than 30 yards away. An ice house retaining its chamber intact and part of an estate group. [Sylvia P Beamon and Susan Roaf "The Icehouses of Britain" 1990. P315.]

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  • Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.

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Location

Grid reference TQ 8323 3221 (point)
Map sheet TQ83SW
County KENT
District ASHFORD, KENT
Civil Parish ROLVENDEN, ASHFORD, KENT

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Record last edited

Jul 30 2010 3:44PM