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
80832
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
14/01/2003
Date of Amendment
14/01/2003
Name of Property
Icehouse at Plas Gwyn
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Isle of Anglesey
Community
Pentraeth
Town
Locality
Plas Gwyn Estate
Easting
252872
Northing
378243
Street Side
E
Location
Set back, within private grounds, between the A5025 and the B5109 SW of Pentraeth. The icehouse is said to lie to N of the house at Plas Gwyn.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
The icehouse was not inspected at the time of the survey, but is described in the Register of Parks and Gardens, 1998, and appears to be of late C18 or early C19 design.
Exterior
Sunk into a ridge to N of the house, the icehouse has a brick tunnel entrance and its arched roof is covered with soil. There is a small rectangular forecourt, with 3 or 4 slate steps down to the entrance.
Interior
The passage originally had 3 doors and the chamber is ovoid in plan.
Reason for designation
Included as a well-preserved late C18 or early C19 icehouse which forms an integral part of the ancillary buildings that are grouped around the estate centre at Plas Gwyn.
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