Full Report for Listed Buildings


Summary Description of a Listed Buildings


Reference Number
18563
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
18/07/1997  
Date of Amendment
18/07/1997  
Name of Property
Plas Cadnant Icehouse  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Isle of Anglesey  
Community
Menai Bridge  
Town
Menai Bridge  
Locality
Cwm Cadnant  
Easting
255620  
Northing
373150  
Street Side
 
Location
Located in a field c50m SW of Plas Cadnant.  

Description


Broad Class
Domestic  
Period
 

History
Plas Cadnant was built in 1803, the icehouse is likely to be near-contemporary.  

Exterior
A rectangular structure c3m x 2.5m x 2.5m deep, sunk into the ground the roof covered with turf, the upper part of the NW end is open with only c50cm of the brick barrel vault visible.  

Interior
Built of brick with a barrel vault roof, the floor and walls below the springing line are rendered.  

Reason for designation
Listed as a good, well-preserved example of an ice house associated with a gentry house of the early C19 for which it formed part of the domestic offices.  

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