Ice House Tower at Loughanmore, Loughanmore Road, Dunadry, Antrim, Co Antrim

This is a columnar tower built as a garden feature, likely between 1820 and 1839. It was designed as an eyecatcher to enhance the Loughanmore demesne, reflecting the picturesque movement in garden design popular in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The tower’s precise original date is unknown.

The tower consists of a circular, two-stage pedestal supporting a cluster of three circular columns, all standing on a grassy mound of an irregular shape. The pedestal is rendered and shows signs of cracking, with a smooth cement plinth and frieze. The columns are also rendered and topped with a moulded circular cap, which may be stone or rendered, and a wrought iron weathervane. The mound was originally an ice house and is now closed up; a small, brick-lined square flue-like opening remains, loosely covered with a concrete lid.

The tower is situated within the grounds of the Loughanmore estate, near the main driveway, to the east of associated towered outbuildings and south of another nearby garden tower. An old photograph confirms its existence in the 19th century, and it was identified as an ice house on an OS map revision from 1965. The tower contributes to the group value and picturesque setting of the wider estate.