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The Icehouse and ponds at Hanbury Hall is a Georgian-period water feature complex associated with the grand country house at Hanbury, Worcestershire. The icehouse, constructed in the eighteenth century as part of the estate's service infrastructure, was designed to store ice cut from the adjacent ponds during winter months for use in the house throughout the year. The ponds themselves served both practical and ornamental purposes, typical of the carefully managed landscapes of prosperous gentry estates in this period. The structures remain important evidence of the sophisticated domestic arrangements and estate management practices that characterised the Georgian country house.
Icehouse and ponds at Hanbury Hall is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019500. View the official record →
The Icehouse and ponds at Hanbury Hall is a Georgian-period water feature complex associated with the grand country house at Hanbury, Worcestershire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019500.
Icehouse and ponds at Hanbury 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 1019500.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated site 120m south east of Huntingdrop Farm (1.9 km), St John the Baptist Church (2.8 km), Moated site 450m west of Parkhall Farm (3.8 km).
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