Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Summary Description
Reference Number
16789
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
29/02/1996
Date of Amendment
29/02/1996
Name of Property
Ice House in Garden at Powis Castle
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Welshpool
Town
Locality
Powis Castle
Easting
321388
Northing
306213
Street Side
Location
Built into the bank above the small stream which feeds Garden Pool, SW of the castle
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Exterior
History: The ice house is thought to have been constructed in the early C19, and was restored in the 1980's.
Description: Brick, domed above ground, with round-arched short passage entry, and deep ovoid chamber.
An exceptionally well-preserved example of an ice house and a significant relic of the domestic economy of the castle.
Interior
Reason for designation
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