Newbattle Abbey, Grotto And Ice-house
Grotto (Post Medieval), Icehouse (18th Century)
Site Name Newbattle Abbey, Grotto And Ice-house
Classification Grotto (Post Medieval), Icehouse (18th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Newbattle Abbey Policies
Canmore ID 53427
Site Number NT36NW 118
NGR NT 33320 65896
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/53427
- Council Midlothian
- Parish Newbattle
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District Midlothian
- Former County Midlothian
Situated on the S bank of the River South Esk, c.200 yds from Newbattle Abbey. A roofless late 17th-century grotto masks the entrance to an icehouse, with a brick-built, globe-shaped pit, some 12ft in diameter.
RCAHMS 1929; A N Robertson 1953
NT36NW 14.00 3335 6602 Newbattle Abbey House
NT36NW 14.01 33120 66349 Walled Garden
NT36NW 14.02 33188 66244 Orangery
NT36NW 14.03 33115 65881 Port Lodge
NT36NW 14.04 33114 65781 Riverside Cottages, stables
NT36NW 14.05 3 6 East Bridge
NT36NW 14.06 3 6 West Bridge
NT36NW 15 3340 6604 Garden and Sundial
NT36NW 16 3331 6604 Monk's Well
NT36NW 17 3316 6576 King David's Gate
NT36NW 18 3315 6574 King David's Well
NT36NW 20 331 657 Monkland Wall
NT36NW 21 3322 6614 St Mary's Church
NT36NW 22 3321 6619 Archbishop Leighton's house