Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
334
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
11/06/1962
Date of Amendment
28/03/2002
Name of Property
Mostyn Hall Ice House
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Flintshire
Community
Mostyn
Town
Mold
Locality
Mostyn Park
Easting
314664
Northing
380770
Street Side
Location
Located in Mostyn Park and surrounded by trees. Close to the N corner of the farmyard which is to the W of Mostyn Hall.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Mostyn Hall is a large country house, the seat of the Mostyn family and its antecedents since the C15. The house, mainly of the C16 and C17, was extensively remodelled by Ambrose Poynter, architect, in 1846-7. A Tudor gate-house range is located to the SW of the house and is dated 1570. The ice-house is C18.
Exterior
Circular red brick ice-house approx 6m diameter, with domed roof which is slightly truncated and rendered. Round-arched entrance facing SE and leading to a short passage. The entrance may have been gabled originally, but some of the brickwork is missing.
Interior
The entrance passage leads to a deep brick-lined chamber with egg-shaped profile.
Reason for designation
Listed as a substantial garden structure that makes an important contribution to the historic integrity of Mostyn Park.
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