Description

Early 19th century. Ice house set in earthen mound with arcaded grotto ante-chamber. Random rubble with rufa and pebble rockwork, rising in gable with arcade; tall round-headed arch flanked by 2 narrower arches, pebble surrounds, tufa columns and bases. Benches inside grotto. Wooden door to ice chamber with large iron hinges. Pedestal surmounting mound.

Statement of Interest

Curling house has similar rustic tufa rockwork as does a Grotto in the garden of Aberlady Manse listed separately. The shell grotto at Newhailes was designed earlier, with similar effect. A-group with other Gosford Estate buildings; see notes for Gosford House.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17795435

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Recommended Books

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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)