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
19105
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
05/12/1997
Date of Amendment
05/12/1997
Name of Property
Ice Tunnels immediately to NE of Hartsheath
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Flintshire
Community
Leeswood and Pontblyddyn
Town
Locality
Hartsheath
Easting
328648
Northing
360290
Street Side
NE
Location
Situated in a stone rubble wall to the NE of Hartsheath Hall.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Late C18/early C19 Ice Tunnels for Hartsheath Hall. Thought to have been used to store blocks of ice in a manner similar to more conventional ice houses. The rubble retaining wall has been greatly enlarged.
Exterior
3 barrel vaulted tunnels at the base of a large rubble retaining wall. Tunnels all of stone rubble construction. Length of tunnels unknown.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed for group value with the other buildings on the Hartsheath Estate.
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