Monument record 0457802000 - HAMPDEN HOUSE

Summary

Eighteenth century ice-house

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  • ICEHOUSE (18th Century - 1700 AD to 1799 AD)

Description

Dimensions - Height 4m, Radius 2m.
IN 1760 AN ICEHOUSE, BUILT OF BRICK & THATCH & COSTING £32,1S.7D, WAS BUILT AT HAMPDEN HOUSE (B9).
REMAINS OF AN ICEHOUSE SURVIVE APPROX AT NGR. OF BRICK & DOMED IT IS C.4M HIGH. ENTRANCE PASSAGE, RUINED, IS C.2.7M ABOVE FLOOR. SITUATED IN AN ELONGATED MOUND, ITS CONDITION IS POOR (B10).

Sources (2)

  • <9>SBC1594 Bibliographic reference: BEAMON S P & ROAF S 1990 ICE-HOUSES OF BRITAIN P20 7 & PIKE A R SEPT 1991.
  • <10>SBC11546 Verbal communication: PARKER-JERVIS R,GREAT HAMPDEN, & PIKE A R OCT 1992 FIELD VISIT.

Location

Grid reference SP 84840 02640 (point)
Civil Parish GREAT AND LITTLE HAMPDEN, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Survey: (EBC13536)

Record last edited

Oct 28 2024 12:36PM

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