Ice house in Castletown woods

  • Description

    "Before the introduction of mechanical refrigeration during the 19th century, many country houses built cold stores such as these in their grounds. A partially excavated and domed structure, insulated with earth and growing turf and shaded in summer by tall, leafy trees would be filled with crushed ice (in this case perhaps carved from the pond to the west) to keep foods fresh through the warmer months. The building of [[5510487]] began in 1811, so the ice house and pond were probably constructed around that date as the grounds were being laid out. For a wider view of the location see [[6219401]]." Photo by Tiger, 2019.
  • Owner

    Tiger
  • Source

    Geograph (Geograph)
  • License

    What does this mean? Creative Commons License
  • Further information

    Link: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6245219
    Resource type: Image
    Added by: Simon Cotterill
    Last modified: 2 years, 7 months ago
    Viewed: 323 times
    Picture Taken: 2019-08-22
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