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The ice house at Ascott House is a nineteenth-century structure located approximately 190 metres north-west of Ascott Farm in Oxfordshire. Ice houses of this period were functional buildings designed to store ice harvested during winter months, which would be insulated and preserved for use during the warmer seasons in domestic and culinary applications. The structure represents the technological and social practices of rural estates during the Georgian and early Victorian era, when such amenities became increasingly common features of larger country house properties. The ice house survives as evidence of the domestic infrastructure and resource management practices that characterised substantial rural estates in Oxfordshire during this period.
Ice house at Ascott House, 190m north west of Ascott Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020969. View the official record →
The ice house at Ascott House is a nineteenth-century structure located approximately 190 metres north-west of Ascott Farm in Oxfordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020969.
Ice house at Ascott House, 190m north west of Ascott Farm 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 1020969.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ring ditches, cursus, enclosures and settlement site (4.7 km), Romano-British settlement 520m north west of Cooks Cottages (5.7 km), Long barrow 340m north west of Cooks Cottages (5.7 km).
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