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
18690
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
05/08/1997
Date of Amendment
05/08/1997
Name of Property
Icehouse to the NW of the Kitchen Garden at Kinmel
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Conwy
Community
Abergele
Town
Abergele
Locality
Kinmel
Easting
298340
Northing
374588
Street Side
Location
The icehouse stands about 70m NW of the kitchen garden, backing into a slight hill in the park, planted with evergreens.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
The icehouse is recorded as having been built c1862-4.
Exterior
Limestone rubble built facade with an opening formed with a re-used ovolo-moulded beam. The rest of the structure is buried in the hillock.
Interior
The approach passage is approximately 6m long, leading to the domed icehouse, approximately 3m in diameter, domed by diminishing brick courses. The lower part of the ice chamber has been filled up.
Reason for designation
Included as a good example of an icehouse and as a surviving feature in the landscaped park at Kinmel.
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