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The Icehouse, Cambridge Road, Babraham

History of the Icehouse, Babraham

Listed building

Icehouse. Mid to late C18. Cut into the natural chalk and roofed with a low red brick dome of two and a half inch bricks earthed over. Approached by a short vaulted tunnel from the north. At the base of the shaft is a square meltwater soakaway with a wrought iron grating.

Building dates

  • Built 1730–1799
Source for this date
  • Built 1730–1799: Listed building: Mid to late C18 (grade II)

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