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High Elms ice house is a nineteenth-century underground ice storage structure located south of Flint Lodge in Kent. The monument comprises a brick-built chamber designed to preserve ice and frozen provisions during the warmer months, a common feature on substantial estates during the Georgian and Victorian periods. Such ice houses were typically sited in shaded locations near water sources and incorporated insulating materials to maintain sub-zero temperatures throughout the year. The structure represents the technological and domestic arrangements of a prosperous household before the widespread adoption of mechanical refrigeration.
High Elms ice house 130m south of Flint Lodge is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018959. View the official record →
High Elms ice house is a nineteenth-century underground ice storage structure located south of Flint Lodge in Kent. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018959.
High Elms ice house 130m south of Flint Lodge is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1018959.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Holwood camp (2.4 km), Orpington Roman villa (2.5 km), Camp on Keston Common (2.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of High Elms ice house 130m south of Flint Lodge's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
High Elms ice house 130m south of Flint Lodge stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.