Ledið ad lafata

Ledið ad lafata (English: The icehouse) is a historic building located at 7 Lagan ad laseñata. It is considered an example of Mangátle architecture, especially due to the building's use of Laþod añamo, a type of orange-tinted granite found in the Cientla mountains.

History

As an icehouse

The site of ledið ad lafata was the site of an icehouse before the Great fire of Mangátle in 1720. However, the wooden building burned down in the fire. The amount of ice stored in the building was minimal at the time, because the fire happened during the early autumn.

After the fire, the owners of the site of the former icehouse, Goslo Afata and Ðenme Afata, decided to rebuild. However, Ðenme had come into a small fortune due to the death of his uncle during the fire, and so the two of them made a decision to build a larger building, with ice stored in the basement, that could also contain several flats and a storefront on the ground floor.

Construction of the building took almost eight years, due to disagreements between Ðenme and Goslo on the design. In 1724, just as the building was nearing completion, Goslo divorced Ðenme. Following this, he sued Ðenme, claiming that the lot was rightfully his. The following court case, G Afata ot Ð Afata, was widely publicised in Mangátle. Tiþa Admangátle, the judge in the case, ruled that by initiating the divorce, Goslo automatically forfeit all rights to the property. Concern about the implications of this case and others led to divorce reform in Laplutse patluni lapezuaðre an 1761. Ðenme finished building Ledið ad lafata, but quickly sold it once finished to grocer Istli Acleð.