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Icehouse 75m north west of Sutton Hall is a nineteenth-century ice storage structure located in Yorkshire, England. The monument represents a common feature of the designed landscapes and estates of the Georgian and Victorian periods, when artificial icehouses were constructed to preserve ice harvested during winter months for use in domestic and culinary purposes throughout the year. The building would have been situated to take advantage of natural ground conditions suitable for insulation and ice preservation. Such structures formed part of the infrastructure of substantial country estates and reflect the technological and logistical systems that supported elite households during this era.
Icehouse 75m north west of Sutton Hall is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018854. View the official record →
Icehouse 75m north west of Sutton Hall is a nineteenth-century ice storage structure located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018854.
Icehouse 75m north west of Sutton Hall 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 1018854.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Augustinian nunnery known as Moxby Priory including mill and post Dissolution garden features (2.7 km), Deserted village of Marton in the Forest (4.1 km), Site of Marton Augustinian priory including mill, fishponds, and water meadows (5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Icehouse 75m north west of Sutton Hall'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.
Icehouse 75m north west of Sutton Hall stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.