Listed Building: ICEHOUSE IN REAR GARDEN OF THE COACHHOUSE, OLD HOUSE GREEN (1138716)

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Grade II
Authority Department for Culture Media and Sport
Volume/Map/Item 1923, 7, 115
Date assigned 26 March 1987
Date last amended

Description

ODD RODE C.P STATION ROAD SJ 85 NW 8432 5822 7/115 Icehouse in rear garden of the Coachhouse, Old House Green - Il Icehouse, probably early C19. Red sandstone facing to entrance; elsewhere red-brown brick, under earth mound forming the basis of a later rock garden. Entrance has Gothick arch formed from a pair of shaped stones, surmounted by a naive statue of a woman with hands clasped over stomach. Flag-roofed stone passage 2 metres long has groove for former door-frame at inner end, beyond which is a brick passage 2 metres long with pointed vault. Circular ice chamber, circa 2.2 metres diameter, has brick-domed roof with circular aperture at crown closed with flags and covered with earth. The icehouse also serves as a grotto overlooking a dumb-bell shaped pool Listing NGR: SJ8432158226

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Sources (1)

  • Digital Archive: English Heritage. 2005. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped features: #2092 ; #7399 ]

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred SJ 8432 5822 (4m by 4m) (2 map features)
Map sheet SJ85NW
Civil Parish ODD RODE, CONGLETON, CHESHIRE EAST

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Record last edited

Oct 1 2011 12:00AM