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Square Icehouse in Weston Park is a nineteenth-century ice storage structure located in Hertfordshire. The building is constructed in a square plan typical of estate icehouses of the Georgian and Victorian periods, designed to store ice cut from nearby ponds or water features during winter months for use in the household throughout the year. Such structures were essential features of large country estates before mechanical refrigeration became available, insulating stored ice with layers of straw and other organic materials. The icehouse survives as a notable example of the service buildings that supported the domestic comfort and food preservation practices of the landed gentry.
Square icehouse in Weston Park is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020913. View the official record →
Square Icehouse in Weston Park is a nineteenth-century ice storage structure located in Hertfordshire. 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).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Square icehouse in Weston Park'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.
Square icehouse in Weston Park stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.