Gosforth Park, Ice House
Gosforth Park, Ice House
HER Number
4128
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Gosforth Park, Ice House
Place
Gosforth
Map Sheet
NZ27SW
Class
Domestic
Site Type: Broad
Icehouse
Site Type: Specific
Icehouse
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Structure
Description
This is a late 18th century sandstone and brick construction, covered by an earth mound an iron grille blocks the entrance. The entrance is stone to brick built dome and a sandstone well. The structure has later brick pillars relating to the entrance bars. It is situated circa 150 metres east of North Lodge, and is a Grade II Listed Building.` It is not shown on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey Plan, so was possibly out of use by 1895. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
424350
Northing
571560
Grid Reference
NZ424350571560
Sources
<< HER 4128 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 88
I.M. Ayris, & S.M. Linsley, 1994, A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Tyne and Wear, p.63
I.M. Ayris, & S.M. Linsley, 1994, A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Tyne and Wear, p.63