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
571
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
03/04/1987
Date of Amendment
05/12/1997
Name of Property
Ice House to NW of Leeswood Hall
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Flintshire
Community
Leeswood and Pontblyddyn
Town
Locality
Leeswood Hall
Easting
325099
Northing
361541
Street Side
Location
Located on a mound at the S end of the Pond and close to the NE avenue from Leeswood Hall to the White Gates.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
C18 ice-house, it is shown on the late C18 'rough draft' and could originally be part of Switzer's early C18 scheme.
Exterior
C18 deep cylindrical ice-house with domed roof. Inner walls of brick, outer facings of stone rubble up to springing level, upper coverings missing. Stone entrance tunnel retains flank walls, vault missing.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as a well preserved example of an C18 ice house and for group value with Leeswood Hall and other associated garden structures.
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