Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
24625
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
31/01/2001
Date of Amendment
31/01/2001
Name of Property
Ice House at Rhiwlas
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Llandderfel
Town
Locality
Rhiwlas
Easting
292670
Northing
336764
Street Side
Location
Approximatly half way along the old Rhiwlas Hall drive, set into a wooded slope some 20m above the River Dee.
Description
Broad Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
Period
History
Icehouse, possible of late C17 or early C18 date and built to serve Rhiwlas Hall.
Exterior
Rectangular ice house built into a slope. Of local slatestone rubble construction with shallow pointed stone vault. Deeply-recessed (2m) low central entrance to the downhill end with rough slatestone lintel; boarded door. Irregular ocular opening to the top of the opposite end. The vaulted roof is cemented and is much overgrown.
Interior
Stepped-down interior with unrendered walls and beaten earth floor; pointed barrel vault.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special interest as a C17 or C18 ice house retaining good original character.
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