NHER 7408 (Monument record) - Icehouse

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Summary

An icehouse, mentioned in estate accounts in 1770.

Protected Status/Designation

Location

Map sheet TG12NE
Civil Parish BLICKLING, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Map

Icehouse, built in estate bricks around 1800.
To be restored?
E. Rose (NAU) 22 March 1978.

Restored, but with no tunnel, instead a pair of flanking walls built with pillars.
E. Rose (NAU) 5 October 1981.

Estate accounts mention the icehouse in 1770.
Tally marks of loading men on tunnel walls.
E. Rose (NAU) 19 November 1981.

  • --- Monograph: Beamon, S. & Roaf, S.. 1990. The Ice-houses of Britain..
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.

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Record last edited

Jan 5 2012 4:15PM

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