NHER 4716 (Building record) - 18th or 19th century icehouse

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Summary

This icehouse is large and in 1978 remained well preserved. The brick entrance tunnel was around 1.5m high, unusually pointed, and the buried dome is of brick with no door. The structure dates to the 18th or early 19th century, and is said to have originally had three doors.

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Map sheet TF80SE
Civil Parish SOUTH PICKENHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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Large well preserved, on bank above road (detail on 6 inch OS (S1) either not quite correct or road has been widened - probably former). Brick entrance tunnel around 1.5m high, unusually pointed, with door frame halfway along. Dome buried, brick, no door. 18th or early 19th century.
Visited E. Rose (NAU), 20 April 1978.

Listed grade II (S2).
E. Rose (NAU).

NIAS note that there were originally three doors and that the well is filled with rubbish as of 1992.
NIAS records (S3)
W. Arnold HES 25/01/11

  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S1> Map: Ordnance Survey, First Edition, 6 Inch. 1879-1886. Ordnance Survey 1st Edition 6 inch map..
  • <S2> Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England.
  • <S3> Archive: NIAS. Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society Records.

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Record last edited

Apr 26 2022 8:04AM

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