Monument record MDR8655 - Circular icehouse, Masson House, Matlock Bath

A possible decorative grotto associated with the gardens of Masson House, consisting of a stone room with barrel-vaulted stone roof overgrown with vegetation and covered with earth on one side, located perched over the entrance to the Wapping Mine and in a dilapidated condition with the roof fallen in. [A note has also been added suggesting an icehouse rather than a grotto] (1) A large circular ice house is shown at this location on a plan of Masson House and grounds made at the time of their sale in 1886. (2) Masson House dates from the late 18th century and the ice house is therefore presumably contemporary or later. (3)