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
82162
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
28/11/2003
Date of Amendment
28/11/2003
Name of Property
Ice house to Plas Ystrad, Coed y Plas
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Carmarthenshire
Community
Carmarthen
Town
Locality
Johnstown
Easting
239809
Northing
218927
Street Side
Location
Situated in bank of woodland some 100m NW of Plas Ystrad.
Description
Broad Class
Period
History
Icehouse probably early C19 built for John Jones for whom Ystrad was rebuilt c1800-10, but possibly earlier. The house has mostly been demolished 2002, to be rebuilt in replica as flats.
Exterior
Icehouse, built into hillside with steps down to damaged brick-arched low door. Rendered segmental arched low tunnel to second door into circular dome-roofed brick ice-chamber.
Interior
Circular stone interior with fine stone domed roof.
Reason for designation
Included for special interest as a well-preserved Georgian ice-house.
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