Former Ice Tower and Banqueting Hall

Round tower of rubble stone with embattled parapets and machicolations. Raised floor, with ice-house in semi-basement. Tall windows with stone dressings and trefoiled heads to NW, SE and SW. Matching doorway to NE approached by exterior stone steps within stone retaining walls which have concrete copings and metal handrails. Above the doorway is a square-headed corbelled tablet, containing a recess below a segmental arch with voussoirs. Attached to the recessed portion is a circular plaque of grey stone bearing a coat of arms.

There is a low masonry projection to the W with a flat slate-covered roof, which also abuts the exterior N wall of the gardens. In the W end is an open ironwork gate under a segmental arch which provided access into the ice-house.

The interior of the former banqueting hall has been restored. It has a flagstone floor, boarded ceiling and the walls are rendered and plastered. The ice-house was viewed from the gate. Steps lead down to a passage, half way along which are rebates for a door. At the end of the passage, 2 steps lead up to the ice chamber which has a domed roof and deep pit.