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The Square icehouse in Weston Park is a utilitarian structure dating from the eighteenth century, built to preserve ice and frozen foods for the household during warmer months. The monument survives as a square-chambered underground ice storage facility, characteristic of the purpose-built ice houses that became common on substantial English estates during this period. Such structures were essential domestic infrastructure for the gentry and nobility before mechanical refrigeration, insulating stored ice harvested from frozen ponds and lakes during winter. The Square icehouse represents an important surviving example of this now-obsolete technology within the Weston Park estate landscape.
Square icehouse in Weston Park is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020913. View the official record →
The Square icehouse in Weston Park is a utilitarian structure dating from the eighteenth century, built to preserve ice and frozen foods for the household during warmer months. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020913.
Square icehouse in Weston Park 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 1020913.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Chesfield Church (2.1 km), Earthworks in Boxwood (3.5 km), Wymondley Priory, barn, moat, associated earthworks, enclosures, platforms, hollow-way and conduit head (4.1 km).
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