Museum Represents a museum WC No EventsForChildren No Place The town or city Alva HearingLoop No IsIncludedThisYear Yes DisabledAccess No Activities <p>Guided tours, with maximum 10 people in ice house at a time.</p><p>Please note that access to the ice house is not suitable for visitors with mobility difficulties. Sturdy footwear and outdoor clothing are essential, as access is via uneven surfaces and steps.</p> OpeningTime1 12 noon to 4 pm OpeningDate1 28/9/2019 OpeningDate2 29/9/2019 OpeningTime2 12 noon to 4 pm IsNewThisYear No ID Google Panorama ID 13664 Refreshments No Street The street address Ochil Hills Woodland Park Postcode FK12 5HU Parking Yes DisabledWC No LimitedAccess No NotAccessible No Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Alva Ice House Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived clackmannanshire Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 966 Type The nature or genre of the resource Museum Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,56.15752,-3.76871; Description An account of the resource <p>James Raymond Johnstone inherited the Alva House estate in 1795. He added a new west wing and probably the stable block and ice house, in c.1810-20. The ice house is buried on the slope below the stables. By the mid-19th century most country houses and estates had an ice house, to keep provisions cold and fresh and provide a supply of ice for fruit sherbets and table decorations. The introduction of refrigeration in the early 1900s rendered ice houses obsolete. </p><p>This ice house is a fine example, consisting of an entrance passage leading into a heptagonal corridor around the main ice chamber, which is egg-shaped, with a flattened base and a hatch at the top through which to lower the ice. The corridor has six niches set into the inner walls, with stone storage shelves. There would have been three doors, to maintain a dry, even temperature and atmosphere for the ice. The ice house was restored as part of the Ochils Landscape Partnership programme, with funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund, Clackmannanshire Council, LEADER and other sources.</p> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource c1820