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Redbrook, Icehouse, Bronington

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NPRN405473
Map ReferenceSJ54SW
Grid ReferenceSJ5093541128
Unitary (Local) AuthorityWrexham
Old CountyFlintshire
CommunityBronington
Type Of SiteICEHOUSE
PeriodPost Medieval
Description
A tunnel vaulted twin ice-house with entrances to the west and a mound on remaining sides. The interior is divided into two separate vaulted chambers of red brick each approximately 7m x 2.5m, with a dividing wall 1m thick between them. Square ventilation grill inset into top of the wall at the end of each chamber. The wooden doors have rotted. It is marked on the 6 inch map of 1881.

Source: Sylvia P. Beaman and Susan Roaf, The Ice Houses of Britain, p.524-525. Surveyed by Clwyd Parish Arch. Survey, 1981; E. William, p.2.

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