Icehouse Approximately 460 Metres South East of Cornbury House
ICEHOUSE APPROXIMATELY 460 METRES SOUTH EAST OF CORNBURY HOUSE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1284084
- Date first listed:
- 13-Jun-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Icehouse Approximately 460 Metres South East of Cornbury House
- Statutory Address:
- ICEHOUSE APPROXIMATELY 460 METRES SOUTH EAST OF CORNBURY HOUSE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1284084
- Date first listed:
- 13-Jun-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Icehouse Approximately 460 Metres South East of Cornbury House
- Statutory Address 1:
- ICEHOUSE APPROXIMATELY 460 METRES SOUTH EAST OF CORNBURY HOUSE
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- ICEHOUSE APPROXIMATELY 460 METRES SOUTH EAST OF CORNBURY HOUSE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Oxfordshire
- District:
- West Oxfordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Cornbury and Wychwood
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 35507 18032
Details
CORNBURY AND WYCHWOOD CORNBURY PARK SP3518 13/18 Icehouse approx. 460m SE of Cornbury House
- II
Icehouse. Probably c18, Coursed limestone rubble. Circular plan with domed roof. Double skin below ground level. Entrance to north with corbelled stone roof and boarded door with wrought-iron strap hinges and flat stone arch. Interior: domed chamber. Some brick in dome. The double-skin construction is unusual and was probably employed to improve the thermal performance of the building, especially as it is not covered by an earth mound. The icehouse stands in a remote position in Cornbury Park, at some distance from Cornbury House (q.v.). (Buildings of England: Oxfordshire: pp553-5)
Listing NGR: SP3550718032
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 252458
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, Sherwood, J, The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, (1974)
Other
Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 34 Oxfordshire
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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