Silksworth, Doxford Park, icehouse

Fiona Green identifies the cave-like structure on the west side of the pond as an icehouse {1 and 2} (NZ 3739 5283), however this was apparently built by Charles D. Doxford (d. 1935) to house the generator that drove the cascade from the top of the rocks into the pond beneath. A more likely candidate for an icehouse or perhaps a game larder is the semi-subterranean brick structure with stone retaining walls, built into the bank to the immediate north-east of the pond. It retains some galvanized iron shelving.