Listed Building: ICE HOUSE 400 METRES WEST OF THE FORMER HALE HALL (1278048)

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Grade II
Authority Department for Culture Media and Sport
Volume/Map/Item 36, 3, 15
Date assigned 12 December 1984
Date last amended

Description

1. HALE HALL PARK 5147 SJ 48 SE 3/15 Ice House 400m West of the former Hale Hall II 2. Ice House, probably mid C19. In red brick under earth mound. A spherical chamber, approximately 4 metres in diameter, partly below ground level, approached along a short tunnel. The chamber is built in stretcher bond and has a small door opening, with rebated stone blocks to head and jambs, at the inner end. A stone step, at the outer end of the tunnel, gives the position of the original external entrance. The ice house was constructed near to a pond from which ice was obtainable during winter. Listing NGR: SJ4644281958

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  • Digital Archive: English Heritage. 2005. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #146 ]

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Location

Grid reference SJ 4644 8195 (point)
Map sheet SJ48SE
Civil Parish HALE, HALTON

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Record last edited

Oct 1 2006 3:11PM