Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
1384
Building Number
Grade
II*
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
16/11/1962
Date of Amendment
06/12/2002
Name of Property
Bodelwyddan Castle Ice House
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Denbighshire
Community
Bodelwyddan
Town
Locality
Bodelwyddan Castle
Easting
299806
Northing
375027
Street Side
Location
200m NW of Bodelwyddan Castle and 50m NE of Mine Cottage (in area of car parks).
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Probably late C18; the ice-house may have been built on or near a mineshaft. There were several other lead mines in close proximity and it is conjectured that the ice house may have drained into old workings.
The ice-house is mentioned in the diary of Sir John Hay Williams in 1844, when 40 men and eight teams of horses were used to haul ice to fill it. The ice was probably brought from the pools of Felin-y-gors, at the east edge of the Park.
Exterior
Red brick circular ice-house, with dome, broken at the apex. The structure below ground is said to taper downwards. The access on the west side is ruinous.
Interior
Reason for designation
An ice house with documented history in association with a house of leading importance.
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