Ice House to NW of Bedwellty House is a Grade II listed building in the Blaenau Gwent local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 21 August 1992. Ice house.

Ice House to NW of Bedwellty House

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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Blaenau Gwent
Country
Wales
Date first listed
21 August 1992
Type
Ice house
Source
Cadw listing

Description

T-plan single storey building of randomly coursed local rubble with yellow brick detail, including long quoins. Slate roof with wide eaves. N range has small brick chimney to E end, and (rebuilt) yellow brick bellcote to W. Bell was cast at Tredegar Ironworks in 1837, and hung at former school. W end has round-arched window opening with boarded door. N door with round-arched head and boarded door set in iron frame. Lower gabled S wing has S-facing round-arched window with altered glazing. S wing contains entry to ice chamber.

Simple stone-flagged interior to upper chamber with opening in centre over ice-chamber. Cast-iron fireplace. The domed ice chamber is lined with yellow brick, and tapers down towards the drain. Access is via a tunnel, the entrance to which is effected by a rise in ground level.

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