Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Icehouse to the NW of the Kitchen Garden at Kinmel
Abergele, Conwy, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Kinmel, Abergele, Conwy, designated on 5 August 1997.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 5 August 1997
- Locality
- Kinmel
- Town
- Abergele
- Community
- Abergele
- Unitary authority
- Conwy
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.25852, -3.52540
- Cadw reference
- 18690
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesNational Library of ScotlandDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLlyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of WalesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1795 map "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1795 · To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most… (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1963 · Map No. 35 - Local Government Commission for Wales : [Definitive maps showing proposed… (National Library of Scotland)
Cadw's description
Location
The icehouse stands about 70m NW of the kitchen garden, backing into a slight hill in the park, planted with evergreens.
History
The icehouse is recorded as having been built c1862-4.
Exterior
Limestone rubble built facade with an opening formed with a re-used ovolo-moulded beam. The rest of the structure is buried in the hillock.
Interior
The approach passage is approximately 6m long, leading to the domed icehouse, approximately 3m in diameter, domed by diminishing brick courses. The lower part of the ice chamber has been filled up.
Reason for designation
Included as a good example of an icehouse and as a surviving feature in the landscaped park at Kinmel.
Nearby in the register
- Ruins of Old Kinmel, in the grounds of Kinmel ParkDomesticunder 1 mi
- Kitchen Garden Walls SE of KinmelGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- Gates and Gate Piers at the E end of the Broad WalkGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- Garden HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.