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Pinner Hill ice house is a nineteenth-century underground structure located in Middlesex, designed for the storage of ice during the winter months for use throughout the year. The monument comprises a brick-built chamber set into the ground, typical of ice houses constructed on country estates during this period to preserve perishable foodstuffs before mechanical refrigeration became available. Such structures were integral to the domestic economy of substantial houses, requiring regular replenishment of ice from frozen ponds or streams during the coldest months. The ice house represents the technological solutions employed by the gentry to maintain standards of comfort and provisioning during the Georgian and Victorian eras.
Pinner Hill ice house, 70m north east of Pinner Hill Golf Clubhouse is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017203. View the official record →
Pinner Hill ice house is a nineteenth-century underground structure located in Middlesex, designed for the storage of ice during the winter months for use throughout the year. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017203.
Pinner Hill ice house, 70m north east of Pinner Hill Golf Clubhouse 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 1017203.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Grim's Ditch: section N of Blythwood House (1.2 km), Pinner deer park, Pinner Park Farm (2.2 km), Park Pale, Ruislip (3.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Pinner Hill ice house, 70m north east of Pinner Hill Golf Clubhouse'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.
Pinner Hill ice house, 70m north east of Pinner Hill Golf Clubhouse stands on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.