Ice House About 200 Metres North Of Christchurch Mansion is a Grade II listed building in the Ipswich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 November 1990. Ice house.
Ice House About 200 Metres North Of Christchurch Mansion
- WRENN ID
- under-gravel-yew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ipswich
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 November 1990
- Type
- Ice house
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The following building shall be added:-
TM 1645 7/507
SUFFOLK IPSWICH IPSWICH B.C. CHRISTCHURCH PARK Ice House about 200 metres north of Christchurch Mansion
GV II
Ice house. C18 probably 1735 when Christchurch Park was improved. Brick. Deep underground circular chamber with domed top. Brick vaulted anti chamber to entrance on north side, blocked and approached by C20 concrete steps. There is a swamp at the bottom of the chamber and the crown of the dome is said to have collapsed. The ice house is situated in the part (now municipal park) of Christchurch Mansion (listed grade I) which was built in 1548 after the Augustinian Priory was dissolved in 1536, and partly rebuilt in 1675 after a fire. The ice house was probably built in 1735 when Claude Fonnereau acquired the estate.
Christchurch Park is included in the Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest at Grade II.
Listing NGR: TM1661345135
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