Description

Dated 1816. Round arched, N facing ice house set in hillside. Random rubble with droved dressings. Doorway to centre with tooled lintel reading "1816"; tooled stone to left of doorway reading "TP" and bearing an anchor; stone slab filling bottom half of doorway. Interior: barrel vaulted with dirt floor, brick clad walls and stone ceiling.

Statement of Interest

Arniston ice house is shown on the 1st edition OS map as a "well" which suggests that this may have been its original purpose and that it has since been converted to an ice house. Its shallow nature, being only slightly over a metre high suggests that it may have been filled in, as ice houses are usually over four metres deep in order to keep the ice cool below ground level.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q77773273

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Recommended Books

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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6