Survey Data
Reg No
31311127
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Previous Name
Castlemagarret House
Original Use
Icehouse
Date
1805 - 1815
Coordinates
135487, 271579
Date Recorded
17/02/2011
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding single-bay single-stage gable-fronted icehouse, dated 1810, on a rectangular plan. Now disused. Turf-covered pitched (gable-fronted) roof. Coursed rubble limestone walls with hammered limestone flush quoins to corners. Square-headed door opening with inscribed cut-limestone threshold ("1810"), and dragged cut-limestone monolithic surround with no fittings surviving. Interior including vaulted ice store on a circular plan with red brick English bond walls. Set in mound in unkempt grounds shared with Castlemacgarrett.
Appraisal
An icehouse carrying the initials of Dominick Geoffrey Browne (1755-1826) contributing positively to the group and setting values of the Castlemacgarrett estate.