Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
17310
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
12/09/1996
Date of Amendment
12/09/1996
Name of Property
Icehouse at Hillgate
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Kerry
Town
Newtown
Locality
Pentre
Easting
316064
Northing
287748
Street Side
Location
Hillgate is located on the old road from Kerry to Kerry Pole, approximately 1¼km N of Pentre crossroads, on a ridge above Llwyn-y-rhwd dingle. The icehouse is located under a pine tree at the entrance to the property.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Exterior
The icehouse, probably of the early C19, comprises a tunnel covered by a segmental/horseshoe stone vault, originally plastered, and heaped earth over forming a mound. It is approximately 12m long and 2m wide, 1.4m high, with recesses having cast iron fronts on either side, 1½m back from the front. The passage is said to have a chamber below its floor, now filled up. The entrance front, with drystone wing walls, was once provided with a timber door and frame within the arch.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as the best preserved of the two surviving icehouses in Kerry, the other being at Cefn-y-mynach, and symbolic of rural economy up to the later C19.
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