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

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26578600

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Recommended Books

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  For the Record
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)