Monument record 2415/2 - Ice house south west of Wincham Hall

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1896-1898, Ordnance Survey First Revision County Series (Epoch 2) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ6875 (Maps and Plans). SCH3848.

Map shows an circular icehouse marked to the SW of Wincham Hall.

<2> Various, Various, Oral communication to the HER, Jardine S 1994 (Oral Communication). SCH2330.

Ice house at Wincham Hall. Brick, egg-shaped chamber, c.8ft in diameter, with side entrance and no tunnel. Now overgrown, but dry internally. Within c.10yds of a watercourse. 6 fig OS reference given. SJ 685 755

<3> Various, Written Communication to the HER (Written Communication). SCH3756.

Record of a site visit to locate two different ice houses marked on the 1st and second edition OS maps. Unable to find an ice house (or the watercourse described) at the location indicated on the CHER map and on the First Edition Ordnance Survey Map (SJ 6859 7532). It was not marked on the Second Edition.

Searching for the ice house marked on the Second Edition (SJ 684 751) and discovered the one pictured exactly where indicated on the map. It matches the description given for the first ice house. It is brick built and dry internally. It is close to a watercourse. It has a side entrance but no tunnel. It is overgrown and Japanese knotweed has reached within a metre or two.

<4> Various, Various, Oral communication to the HER, Watson. M. 20/11/2017 (Oral Communication). SCH2330.

Description given in source 2 matches that given in source 3