Ice Houses in Sussex
Petworth House Ice House
R.G. Martin, Sussex Industrial History 13, 1982
Ice Houses in Brighton
R.G. Martin, Sussex Industrial History 14, 1984/5
Ice Houses in Sussex
R.G. Martin, Sussex Industrial History 24, 1994
From SUSSEX INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY: A Field
Guide
ICE HOUSES
Icehouses predate the refrigerator as a means of storing ice for preserving
food.
They consist of chambers wholly or partly subterranean and suitably
insulated from above.
Most examples so far surveyed are in the grounds of large
houses and so on private property.
Visits therefore require special permission.
Bognor SZ 936995
Situated in London Road adjacent to the Public Library and
visible from the outside.
This house served the Hotham Estate, dating from
c.1797.
Now restored and maintained by Bognor U.D.C.
Petworth House SU 976222
The most impressive arrangement discovered in Sussex, a group of
three very large chambers each about 30 ft. deep, situated beneath the old
FireEngine House belonging to the Petworth Estate.
Arundel Castle TQ 015075
A square chamber of late construction.
West Dean House SU 862119
An impressive example with a paved 'loadingbay' of its own.
Others are known at:
Midhurst (SU 888215);
Duncton (SU 965167);
Goodwood
House (SU 886088);
Ades, Chailey (TQ 401194);
Stansted Park (SU 762103) and
Battle Abbey (TQ 750157).
