Information for record number MWA13110:
Ice House, Honington Hall, Honington

Summary Ice house 150 yds (135 m) NE of Honington Hall. S-facing entrance. Access to the brick ice house through former ancillary buildings. Later converted to a pumping stating by insertion of a water wheel.
What Is It?  
Type: Icehouse
Period: Imperial - Modern (1751 AD - 2050 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Honington
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 26 42
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Level of Protection Local
Description

  
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1 Ice house, Honington Hall, Honington. Beamon and Roaf report an ice house, constructed c. 1830, situated 150 yds (135 m) NE of the house in a heavily wooded area. Access through former ancillary buildings. Entrance S-facing. Chamber elliptical. The 'eye' in the dome is a later addition. Barely 2 ft (0.6 m) of soil covers over the roof. The structure lies below the water level, and Mr Major believes it proved to be inefficient; by 1860-70 the ice house had been put to use as a pumping station. A floor was inserted below the spiringing of the dome to carry a waterwheel which supplied the house and village with water. Waterwheel is by Lampitt of Warwick and drives a three-cylinder pump. Surveyed byb J. Kenneth Major, 1984.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: The Ice-Houses of Britain
Author/originator: Beamon, S.P. and Roaf, S.
Date: 1990
Page Number: 437 - 443
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period Modern The Modern Period, about 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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period Imperial 1751 AD to 1914 AD (end of the 18th century AD to the beginning of the 20th century AD)

This period comes after the Post Medieval period and before the modern period and starts with beginning of the Industrial Revolution in 1750. It includes the second part of the Hannoverian period (1714 – 1836) and the Victorian period (1837 – 1901). The Imperial period ends with the start of the First World War in 1914.
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period modern About 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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monument ICEHOUSE * A structure, partly underground, for the preservation of ice for use during warmer weather. back
monument HOUSE * A building for human habitation, especially a dwelling place. Use more specific type where known. back
monument VILLAGE * A collection of dwelling-houses and other buildings, usually larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a simpler organisation and administration than the latter. back
monument BUILDING * A structure with a roof to provide shelter from the weather for occupants or contents. Use specific type where known. back
monument FLOOR * A layer of stone, brick or boards, etc, on which people tread. Use broader site type where known. back
monument DRIVE * A road/carriage way giving access from the main road to the house, stables. back
monument PUMP * A machine used to raise and move water and other liquids, compress gases, etc. Use more specific type where known. back
monument STRUCTURE * A construction of unknown function, either extant or implied by archaeological evidence. If known, use more specific type. back
monument PUMPING STATION * A waterworks pumping station. back
monument WATER WHEEL * A structure associated with forges, watermills, water-powered factories, etc. back

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