Ice House Approximately 150 Metres South West Of Cirencester Park Mansion

CIRENCESTER

SP0101 CIRENCESTER PARK 578-1/5/346 Ice house approximately 150m SW of Cirencester Park Mansion

GV II*

Also known as: Grismond's Tower Cirencester Park. Shown on OS map as Grismond's Tower. Ice house. C18. Vermiculated and rock-faced limestone with limestone ashlar dressings to surround to entrance, stone and brick tunnel, brick ice well. Entrance facing NNE has round-headed arch of rock-faced stone with ashlar impost blocks supported on squat ashlar piers to centre of screen wall of vermiculated stone with ashlar plinth curving forwards to left and right and terminated by squat ashlar piers with coping, and curving upwards to centre to meet coped parapet over entrance arch. C20 plank door in opening with segmental-arched head in deep recess lined with rock-faced stone behind entrance arch. Vaulted tunnel; ice well approximately 3m diameter and 6m deep of ovoid form with brickwork laid in Flemish bond. (Beecham KJ: History of Cirencester and the Roman City Corinium: 1887-: P.193; Glos. RO: Locke G: The Ice House, Cirencester Estate (MS notes): CMS 83; EH Gardens Register: Gloucestershire: Grade I: London: 1986-).

Listing NGR: SP0189901846