Record Details
| NHER Number: | 7408 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Icehouse |
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Summary
An icehouse, mentioned in estate accounts in 1770.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 1785 2838 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG12NE |
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| Parish: | BLICKLING, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Icehouse, built in estate bricks around 1800.
To be restored?
E. Rose (NAU) 22 March 1978.
Restored, but with no tunnel, instead a pair of flanking walls built with pillars.
E. Rose (NAU) 5 October 1981.
Estate accounts mention the icehouse in 1770.
Tally marks of loading men on tunnel walls.
E. Rose (NAU) 19 November 1981.
Monument Types
- ICEHOUSE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Monograph: Beamon, S. & Roaf, S.. 1990. The Ice-houses of Britain.. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
Related records
| 30433 | Part of: Blickling Park (Monument) |
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