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Bodelwyddan Ice House, Bodelwyddan

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NPRN37296
Map ReferenceSH97NE
Grid ReferenceSH9980675027
Unitary (Local) AuthorityDenbighshire
Old CountyFlintshire
CommunityBodelwyddan
Type Of SiteICEHOUSE
PeriodPost Medieval
Description
1. Associated with: Bodelwyddan Castle (Nprn54220) and Park/gardens (Nprn266493).

2. The ice house is depicted on the Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25-inch map of Denbighshire V, sheet 14 (1899). C.H. Nicholas, RCAHMW, 15th August 2006.

3. Ice house was built c.1800. Traces only of 6m mound remain, with an internal diameter of 4.2m: from its unique rendered flat base to the exposed, pierced dome it has an overall depth of 6.5m.
Source: Sylvia P. Beaman and Susan Roaf, The Ice Houses of Britain, p.522. Surveyed by Clwyd Parish Arch. Survey, 1981; E. William, p.1.

C.H. Nicholas, RCAHMW, 28th November 2006.