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Latitude: 51.3518 / 51°21'6"N
Longitude: 0.075 / 0°4'30"E
OS Eastings: 544591
OS Northings: 163461
OS Grid: TQ445634
Mapcode National: GBR NT.RKS
Mapcode Global: VHHPB.8900
Plus Code: 9F32932G+P2
Entry Name: Ice Well
Listing Date: 21 April 1993
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1299027
English Heritage Legacy ID: 358660
ID on this website: 101299027
Location: High Elms Country Park, Farnborough, Bromley, London, BR6
County: London
District: Bromley
Electoral Ward/Division: Darwin
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Traditional County: Kent
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London
Church of England Parish: Downe St Mary Magdalene
Church of England Diocese: Rochester
Tagged with: Well
The following building shall be added:
SHIRE LANE (off)
TQ 46 SW
785-/12/10007 Ice Well,
High Elms Estate
GV II
Icehouse, c1850. Cambered brick entrance, cemented over, visible above
ground. A curved brick passageway and flight of stone steps lead to
a large flask-shaped main chamber. A small access is situated at the
top of the chamber and a drain for melt water situated at its base.
A later rectangular chamber was added off the pasageway and was used
for storage for food. The well was used to maintain an even, low
temperature all through the year, with a gated entrance set within a
clump of yew trees to extract the warmer air. Approximately 2 tons,
or 1,000 cubic feet of ice could be stored in the main chamber. It is
not known for sure where the ice came from. There are several lakes
nearby, but there was an established trade in ice from the Baltic in
the 2nd half of the C19 and it could have been delivered from the
docks in cartloads of 2-cubic-foot blocks and stored in layers with
straw or hessian in between. This is an exceptionally large and
complete example of an ice house.
Listing NGR: TQ4459163461
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