Ice House Approximately 200 Metres North West Of Home Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1985. Ice house.

Ice House Approximately 200 Metres North West Of Home Farmhouse

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Central Bedfordshire
Country
England
Date first listed
10 January 1985
Type
Ice house
Source
Historic England listing

Description

TL 0875 3656 SILSOE WREST PARK

3/216 Ice house approx. 200 metres NW of Home Farmhouse

  • II

Ice house belonging to Wrest Park House. Early C19. Brick. A rather sophisticated example. Circular domed ice chamber is approximately 8.5 metres high and 4.5 metres in diameter, with ice chute to top. This is approached by a tunnel with 3 pairs of air-lock doorways and a rectangular storage room halfway along. The air-lock doors have since been removed. The entrance, set into a bank, is approached by 2 flights of steps from the road above. Beds. County Council, Industrial Archaeology in Bedfordshire, 1967, pp.22-23.

Listing NGR: TL0873536572

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