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Latitude: 51.7153 / 51°42'55"N
Longitude: -1.9739 / 1°58'26"W
OS Eastings: 401899
OS Northings: 201846
OS Grid: SP018018
Mapcode National: GBR 2PL.KR5
Mapcode Global: VHB2Q.Q4VV
Plus Code: 9C3WP28G+4C
Entry Name: Ice House Approximately 150 Metres South West of Cirencester Park Mansion
Listing Date: 24 May 1993
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1298720
English Heritage Legacy ID: 365108
ID on this website: 101298720
Location: Cirencester, Cotswold, Gloucestershire, GL7
County: Gloucestershire
District: Cotswold
Civil Parish: Cirencester
Built-Up Area: Cirencester
Traditional County: Gloucestershire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Gloucestershire
Church of England Parish: Cirencester St John the Baptist
Church of England Diocese: Gloucester
Tagged with: Icehouse
CIRENCESTER
SP0101 CIRENCESTER PARK
578-1/5/346 Ice house approximately 150m SW of
Cirencester Park Mansion
GV II*
Also known as: Grismond's Tower Cirencester Park.
Shown on OS map as Grismond's Tower. Ice house. C18.
Vermiculated and rock-faced limestone with limestone ashlar
dressings to surround to entrance, stone and brick tunnel,
brick ice well. Entrance facing NNE has round-headed arch of
rock-faced stone with ashlar impost blocks supported on squat
ashlar piers to centre of screen wall of vermiculated stone
with ashlar plinth curving forwards to left and right and
terminated by squat ashlar piers with coping, and curving
upwards to centre to meet coped parapet over entrance arch.
C20 plank door in opening with segmental-arched head in deep
recess lined with rock-faced stone behind entrance arch.
Vaulted tunnel; ice well approximately 3m diameter and 6m deep
of ovoid form with brickwork laid in Flemish bond.
(Beecham KJ: History of Cirencester and the Roman City
Corinium: 1887-: P.193; Glos. RO: Locke G: The Ice House,
Cirencester Estate (MS notes): CMS 83; EH Gardens Register:
Gloucestershire: Grade I: London: 1986-).
Listing NGR: SP0189901846
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