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icehouse, Helme Lodge
out of sight
Street:-   Beck Lane
locality:-   Helme Lodge
civil parish:-   Kendal (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   icehouse
coordinates:-   SD51919087
1Km square:-   SD5190
10Km square:-   SD59
references:-   Listed Buildings 2010

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"ICEHOUSE IN SOUTH-WEST ANGLE OF NATLAND MILL BECK BRIDGE AND DISUSED CANAL / / BECK LANE / KENDAL / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 75466 / SD5191390873"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Ice-house. Probably mid/late C19 for Helm Lodge, but not shown on 1838 estate plan; in use by 1905. Vaulted stone chamber with flat floor. Circular in plan, built into west bank of Lancaster-Kendal canal from which the ice was originally taken (now filled in). Entered by circular manhole in apex of cantilevered stone vault."

references:-  
Described in:-

David, R G: 1981: Icehouses of Cumbria: Trans CWAAS: series 2 vol.81: 137-155

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