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Leeswood Hall, Icehouse (Ii), Mold

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NPRN37376
Map ReferenceSJ26SE
Grid ReferenceSJ2510161541
Unitary (Local) AuthorityFlintshire
Old CountyFlintshire
CommunityLeeswood
Type Of SiteICEHOUSE
PeriodPost Medieval
Description
1. Brick-built chamber, the domed top partly mounded over & showing remains of stone covering, apparently depicted on a l.18th C. sketch-plan, set on the S of a lake (Nprn35977), having traces of a yard/enclosure on the SE.
(source: CADW 1995 (reg. Parks & Gardens: Clwyd), 148-9)
Assoviated with:
Leeswood Hall (Nprn35974)
Leeswood park/gardens (Nprn86591).
J.Wiles 07.07.04

2. The domed brick built icehouse is 6m in diameter, 3m above ground and 6m below, with the entrance tunnel running from the north east.
Source: Sylvia P. Beaman and Susan Roaf, The Ice Houses of Britain, p.524. Surveyed by Clwyd Parish Arch. Survey, 1981; E. William, p.2.

C.H. Nicholas, RCAHMW, 29th November 2006.