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HER Number	MWB20969
Record Type	Monument
Name	Site of icehouse, Shaw House

Grid Reference	SU 475 684
Map Sheet	SU46NE
Parish	Shaw-cum-Donnington, West Berkshire
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Summary

Former location of icehouse probably built in the early 19th century but demolished by 1900

Monument Type(s):

ICEHOUSE (Victorian to Late 19th century - 1838 AD to 1900 AD?)

Full Description

A rectangular icehouse is marked on the First Edition Ordnance Survey mapping <1> on the north side of Love Lane, opposite Shaw House. It is sited within an old chalk pit, alongside a farmstead complex and other buildings. The icehouse, unlike the farm, is shown on the 1838 Tithe map <2><3>. A single building is also shown within the chalk pit on the Ordnance Survey Drawing of 1808 <4>.

By the time of the 2nd Epoch OS mapping of 1899 <5> the icehouse appears to have been removed.

Sources and further reading

<01>	Landmark. 1872-85. Digital Ordnance Survey Mapping Epoch 1, 1:2500 (25 inch). Digital. 1:2500. Marked 'Icehouse'. [Map / SWB14341]
<02>	Harris, J. 1838. Shaw and Donnington Tithe Map. 1 inch to 3 chains. [Map / SWB147584] http://ww2.berkshirenclosure.org.uk/CalmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=DD1%2f106%2f1 (Accessed 10/02/2022)
<03>	Latham, S and Yarham, V. 2003. Shaw House, Newbury, Berkshire - Reassessment of Historical Sources. p66. [Unpublished document / SWB14266]
<04>	Ordnance Survey. 1808. Ordnance Survey Drawing of East Ilsley; BL OSD 158, 2. Two inch to the mile. Chalk pit and building marked but not named. [Map / SWB147329] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ordnance_Survey_Drawings_-_East_Ilsley_(OSD_158).jpg (Accessed on 23/06/2022)
<05>	Landmark. 1899-1900. Digital Ordnance Survey Mapping Epoch 2, 1:2500 (25 inch). Digital. 1:2500. Not shown. [Map / SWB14455]

Related Monuments

MWB5023

Shaw House (Building)

Associated Excavations and Fieldwork

None recorded

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