History

Probably early C19 and contemporary with Rheola House, the country house of 1812-18 designed by John Nash for his cousin John Edwards. The parkland at Rheola is by Nash and the Edwards familys and is designed to be compact, picturesque and rural. The icehouse would have been built as part of the parkland as well as to provide ice for Rheola House and its estate.

Exterior

Icehouse. Rectangular masonry largely subterranean structure built into sloping ground on its north side. Comprises two sections: lower curved, battered sub-structure which forms the main underground chamber and above narrower low rectangular vaulted structure. The upper part is overlain by a layer of earth with stone slates bedded onto this. Access to the main vaulted structure is through a narrow doorway, previously with gates, at the SW end of the upper section.

Interior

Short passage leads to the brick lined chamber at the NE end.

Reasons for Listing

Included for its special architectural interest as a well preserved icehouse, important as a good example this type of structure and for its group value as part of the designed landscape at Rheola House.

External Links

• Cadwr Listing

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Recommended Books

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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)