In the UK Ice house (building)



the ice house entrance, eglinton country park, scotland, united kingdom


ice imported uk scandinavia until 1950s. large mansions had purpose-built buildings store ice. many examples of ice houses exist in uk, of have fallen disrepair. examples of 19th-century ice houses can found @ ashton court, bristol, albrighton, bridgnorth, grendon, warwickshire, , @ christchurch mansion, ipswich, suffolk, petworth house, sussex, danny house, sussex, ayscoughfee hall, spalding, rufford abbey, eglinton country park in scotland, parlington hall in yorkshire , croxteth hall liverpool, burghley house, stamford. unusual example of ice house converted redundant brick springhead can found in former grounds of norton house, midsomer norton, somerset.


the ice house introduced britain around 1660. various types , designs of ice house exist. however, british ice houses commonly brick lined, domed structures, of volume underground. ice houses varied in design depending on date , builder, conical or rounded @ bottom hold melted ice. had drain take away water. recorded idea ice houses brought britain travellers had seen similar arrangements in italy, peasants collected ice mountains , used keep food fresh inside caves. ice houses may known ice wells, ice pits or ice mounds.


game larders , venison larders marked on ordnance survey maps ice houses.


bruce walker, expert on scottish vernacular buildings, has suggested relatively numerous , long ruined ice houses on country estates have led scotland s many legends of secret tunnels. appearance of ice house entrances lends uninitiated making such deductions, seeing how ice houses found in ha-ha walls, house , stable basements, woodland banks, open fields, etc.








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