Listed Building record MDO10325 - Ice House 20m north of Binghams Melcombe House, Melcombe Horsey

Early 19th Century Ice House reached by a flight of steps, consisting of a subterranean brick vault with a plain wooden door under a stone head.

GREENBACK List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Scheduling record). SDO19706.

Penny, A, 1964, Icehouses in Dorset. (Article in serial). SWX7830.

Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 1 (Monograph). SDO146.

‘(2) Bingham's Melcombe (771021), house and outbuildings, stands in a broad shallow valley at the head of the Devil's Brook, between Henning Hill and Coombe Hill. … A number of ancillary buildings etc. stand near the house, in the formal gardens and in the park to the S. The 18th-century Barn incorporating stabling, close N.E., is of rubble and thatch. The Ice House, 20 yds. N., is an early 19th-century structure beneath an earth mound.‘

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Aug 22 2025 12:48PM