The Ice House
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Other than St Withburga’s Church, this Ice House may be the oldest building within Holkham Park. Although experts have differing opinions, one authority suggests that the Ice House was in existence well before building operations began on the family wing of Holkham Hall in 1734. Another makes comparison with Ice Houses in Wales, known to have been constructed around 1750-60. The earliest known reference to a building designed specifically for this purpose is to a ‘snow conserve’ built in Greenwich Park for James I in 1619-20.
