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Icehouse in Coniston Hall Park is a nineteenth-century structure built to store ice for domestic use at Coniston Hall. The monument consists of a brick-built underground chamber designed to maintain low temperatures year-round through insulation and the storage of ice cut from frozen ponds or streams during winter months. Such icehouses became increasingly common features of substantial country estates during the Georgian and Victorian periods, serving as essential facilities for food preservation before mechanical refrigeration. The survival of this example provides evidence of the technological and domestic practices of the period.
Icehouse in Coniston Hall Park, 390m south east of Coniston Hall is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018706. View the official record →
Icehouse in Coniston Hall Park is a nineteenth-century structure built to store ice for domestic use at Coniston Hall. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018706.
Icehouse in Coniston Hall Park, 390m south east of Coniston 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 1018706.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Enclosure on Steeling Hill (1 km), Hellifield Peel (3.6 km), Moated site W of Paget Hall (3.8 km).
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