Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Ice House
Bellarena, Causeway Coast and Glens, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade B1
- Grade
- B1
- Type
- Ice House
- Date of listing
- 28 March 1975
- Date of construction
- 1800 - 1819
- Address
- Ice House, Bellarena House, 248 Seacoast Road, Limavady, Co Londonderry, BT49 OHZ
- Townland
- Bellarena
- Council
- Causeway Coast and Glens
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 55.11144, -6.96240
- Date of survey
- 30 September 1997
- HB reference
- HB02/09/002 D
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1811 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
Entrance consists of trabeated pedestrian doorway, built of red hand made brick leading to a passageway to the ice house chamber. This entrance is partially concealed with grassy bank with random rubble basalt wall passing over the top beyond which and below ground is the ice house structure.
Access is gained to the entrance from the roadway leading to the barn (see HB02/09/002C).
Historical information
Little obtained, assumed dating from beginning of 19th century (see HB02/09/038).
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
A. Style
Criteria for listing: historic interest
X. Local Interest
Evaluation
An ice house of interesting brick dome construction of early 19th century and illustrative of the range of building types necessary in the running of a large country estate.
Nearby in the register
- Estate Outbuildings.Outbuildingsunder 1 mi
- Bellarena HouseCountry Houseunder 1 mi
- Courtyard BuildingsOutbuildingsunder 1 mi
- Towerunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.