Description

NORTH NIBLEY STANCOMBE PARK ST 7396 at NGR ST 73829685 8/126 Square Court and ice house GV II

Small square court with archways and ice house. c1860 for Rev. David Edwards. Brick walls; marlstone ashlar archways; whale- bone entrance arch to ice house. Square court entered on north side with walls brought down to ground level. Moorish key-hole stone archway on south side; Egyptian archway to left leads to pathway ending at lakeside seat. Two large curved whale bones provide pointed-arched entry to ice house right, followed by timber version of Egyptian archway leading to brick and stone-lined inner part with further Egyptian arch in stone; ice chamber beyond. Simple stone urn stands in centre of court. Moorish arch leads to curving brick.tunnel-vaulted corridor which is mostly above ground level; terminated at south end by plain brick round arch. Located immediately to the east of Lake Lodge (q.v.). One of a sequence of features in the very extensive Regency and early Victorian landscaped park and pleasure gardens. (B. Jones, Follies and Grottoes, 1974; and D. Verey, Gloucestershire: The Cotswolds, 1979.)

Listing NGR: ST7382096852

External Links

• Wikidata Q26578600

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