Survey Data
Reg No
12301085
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Icehouse
Date
1800 - 1839
Coordinates
253845, 173068
Date Recorded
18/05/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding single-bay single-stage gable-fronted icehouse, extant 1839, on a T-shaped plan. Now disused. Roof not visible behind parapet. Part creeper- or ivy-covered coursed rubble stone walls; yellow brick Flemish bond surface finish (east) on overgrown plinth with creeper- or ivy-covered coping to parapet. Pointed-arch door opening with yellow brick header bond voussoirs. Interior including vaulted ice store on a circular plan with red brick Common bond walls. Set in unkempt grounds originally shared with Castlecomer House.
Appraisal
An icehouse surviving as an interesting relic of the Castlecomer House estate following the demolition (1975) of the eponymous country house.