Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB02/09/002 D

Address :
Ice House Bellarena House 248 Seacoast Road Limavady Co Londonderry BT49 OHZ

Townland:
Bellarena

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Survey 2:
B1

Date of Listing:
28/03/1975 00:00:00

Date of De-listing:

Current Use:
Ice House

Former Use
Ice House

Conservation Area:
No

Industrial Archaeology:
No

Vernacular:
No

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
Yes

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OS Map No:
19/1

IG Ref:
C6627 2984

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Owner Category

Private

Exterior Description And Setting

Entrance consists of trabeated pedestrian doorway, built of red hand made brick leading to a passageway to the ice house chamber. This entrance is partially concealed with grassy bank with random rubble basalt wall passing over the top beyond which and below ground is the ice house structure. Access is gained to the entrance from the roadway leading to the barn (see HB02/09/002C).

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

Little obtained, assumed dating from beginning of 19th century (see HB02/09/038).

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

A. Style

Historic Interest

X. Local Interest

Evaluation

An ice house of interesting brick dome construction of early 19th century and illustrative of the range of building types necessary in the running of a large country estate.

General Comments

Date of Survey

30 September 1997