Grendon Ice House, North Warwickshire
Kevin Wright

'I moved to a small village in North Warwickshire called Grendon (near Atherstone) in Dec 2005. The part of the village I live in is actually old Grendon, and this has significant history. The church which is located about 200 yards from my house has parts dating back to the 1200s. There used to be a large manor house nearby also, but this was demolished in 1933. It is extremely rural where we live, on a road that many people seldom venture down.

In the woods opposite our house is an extremely well preserved Ice house (I believe). The structure is made from uniform red bricks with an extremely well proportioned domed ceiling. The entire structure is buried under a thin covering of earth, which probably explains how it is so well preserved. The structure is now surrounded by many large trees and I fear the root systems could have a detrimental effect on the structures’ integrity. In recent years it also seems to have become a dumping ground for much domestic waste, and the structure is somewhat full of old paint tins, old boilers and the like.