NPRN23073
Map ReferenceSS87SE
Grid ReferenceSS8893372825
Unitary (Local) AuthorityThe Vale of Glamorgan
Old CountyGlamorgan
CommunitySt Bride's Major (The Vale of Glamorgan)
Type Of SiteICEHOUSE
PeriodPost Medieval
Description1. Built near base of folly tower by ruins of mansion. Access now impossible, but ice-house entered by right-angled passage c.6m. long overall. Known to be 4m. deep and therefore presumably with domed top. Covered by mount spreading out 6m. from base of tower, greatest height of 3.20m. (inspected 28.9.81). from Wiliam, E, (1985) THE ICE -HOUSES OF WALES, an unpublished study Welsh Folk Museum.
2. Associated with: Dunraven Castle (Nprn18581) and Park/gardens (Nprn265800).
J.Wiles 06.12.02
3. Depicted on the Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25-inch map of Glamorgan XLIV, sheet 7 (1899).
C.H. Nicholas, RCAHMW, 21st August 2006.
4. Probably constructed between 1840 and 1857. The icehouse is entered by a right angled passage, c 6m, overall. Separated into airlocks by three doors, the passage leads to a central subterranean globe chamber, 4m deep, with very thick insulating walls, over 2.5m in places. The structure is covered by a mound spreading out 6m from the base of a nearby tower.
Source: Sylvia P. Beaman and Susan Roaf, The Ice Houses of Britain, p.531.
C.H. Nicholas, RCAHMW, 5th December 2006.