Description

Late 18th - early 19th century ice-house with grotto incoporating later 17th century archway to grotto. Cup and dome brick lined ice-house built into bank; roofless grotto at entrance, accessed by later timber and parallel girder footbridge over the River South Esk. Sandstone rubble apart from principal grotto elevation. Chamfered rusticated segmental arch to grotto, with imposts; fluted keystone; flanking fluted pilasters supporting architrave with guttae. Corniced frieze with sculptured stones bearing Lothian sun emblem, initials, unicorn, boar and Maltese cross. Surmounting floral carved bases of the capping urns remain to the right and left. Open area with harled rubble to 3 sides including domed wall with central doorway to ice-house, raised 1 metre from the ground. Narrow passage lined with handmade brick leads to deep circular ice-house.

Statement of Interest

A-Group with Newbattle Abbey, Newbattle Abbey Policies Fernery, Lothian Burial Ground, Maiden Bridge, Monkland Wall, North and South Sundials, Port Lodge, Newbattle Road and Abbey Road Wall and Gatepiers, Lamb's Nursery, Archbishop Leighton's House, 1-5 Riverside Cottages, Old Bridge, Newmills Road, Dalkeith Lodge in Dalkeith Burgh and The King's Gate in Cockpen Parish. A rectangular structure is depicted on a 1743 Newbattle Estate plan published in Newbottil Newbattle by a bridge; possibly the grotto. The footbridge is not part of the Statutory List.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17828242

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Recommended Books

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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)