© Mapbox · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Boundary data © Historic England (NHLE)
Icehouse at Clock House, Green Street Green is a nineteenth-century ice storage structure located in the parish of Green Street Green in Kent. The building represents the practical infrastructure associated with domestic refrigeration practices of the Georgian and Victorian periods, when ice harvested from local ponds and water features was stored in insulated buildings for use throughout the year. The structure survives as evidence of the technological and economic systems that supported food preservation in country house estates before mechanical refrigeration became widespread. Its designation as a heritage monument reflects the archaeological and historical value of such utilitarian outbuildings in understanding domestic life and estate management in Kent during this period.
Icehouse at Clock House, Green Street Green is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016496. View the official record →
Icehouse at Clock House, Green Street Green is a nineteenth-century ice storage structure located in the parish of Green Street Green in Kent. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016496.
Icehouse at Clock House, Green Street Green 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 1016496.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including A preceptory of the Knights Hospitallers, known as St John's Jerusalem, and an associated fishpond at Sutton-at-Hone (2.6 km), Roman granary 250yds (230m) W of St Mary's Church (3.3 km), Medieval moated site and associated fishpond, Franks Hall. (4.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Icehouse at Clock House, Green Street Green'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 at Clock House, Green Street Green stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.