Information for record number MWA13114:
Ice house, The Quarry House, Nuneaton Road, Over Whitacre

Summary Ice house of irregular plan with vaulted roof close to the turnpike road with foundations of which it shares one side wall.
What Is It?  
Type: Icehouse
Period: Imperial - Modern (1751 AD - 2050 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Over Whitacre
District: North Warwickshire, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 25 90
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Level of Protection Local
Description

  
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1 Ice house, The Quarry house, Nuneaton Road, Over Whitacre. Beamon and Roaf report a chamber lined with sandstone rubble of irregular plan; exhibiting four ribs to a groin vaulted roof. Shares one side wall with the foundations of the turnpike Road. Road turnpiked in 1762 so it may be that the ice house and Road were built together in the late 18th or early 19th century. They comment that there is some debate over whether it is definitely an ice house or used as a game larder
 
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 ROAD * A way between different places, used by horses, travellers on foot and vehicles. back
monument GAME LARDER * A small building in which game is hung up and kept cool. back
monument QUARRY * An excavation from which stone for building and other functions, is obtained by cutting, blasting, etc. back
monument WALL * An enclosing structure composed of bricks, stones or similar materials, laid in courses. Use specific type where known. back

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