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Icehouse at the site of Poynton Hall is a nineteenth-century ice storage structure located approximately 170 metres north of Towers Yard Farm in Cheshire. The building represents a functional element of the domestic estate infrastructure serving Poynton Hall, constructed during the period when mechanical refrigeration was not yet widely available and ice harvested during winter months was stored in insulated underground or semi-subterranean chambers for use throughout the summer season. Such icehouses were characteristic features of substantial country house estates during the Georgian and Victorian periods, reflecting the importance placed upon food preservation and the provision of ice for household cooling and culinary purposes. The structure survives as a testament to the technological and logistical arrangements necessary for maintaining standards of comfort and food storage at a gentry residence prior to the advent of electric refrigeration.
Icehouse at the site of Poynton Hall, 170m north of Towers Yard Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018819. View the official record →
Icehouse at the site of Poynton Hall is a nineteenth-century ice storage structure located approximately 170 metres north of Towers Yard Farm in Cheshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018819.
Icehouse at the site of Poynton Hall, 170m north of Towers Yard 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 1018819.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Standing cross in St Christopher's churchyard (5.3 km), Nab Head bowl barrow (5.5 km), Bowl barrow 60m north of junction of London Road and Bonis Hall Lane (6.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Icehouse at the site of Poynton Hall, 170m north of Towers Yard Farm's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Icehouse at the site of Poynton Hall, 170m north of Towers Yard Farm stands on Permian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.