The first impression, mainly due to the composition of main entrance, suggests that it is a religious building. This feeling persists once inside and continues to confuse the first-time visitor who, despite the innumerable divisions that the property has, observes a forest of octagonal pillars that support two rows of semi-circular arches.
The ground floor is of basilical type and reminds in a way that of a somewhat disproportionate Mudejar church. However, it is neither a church nor a convent, but a construction of an industrial nature, of undoubted historical and artistic interest. It was built almost entirely in the last third of the seventeenth century, thanks to a privilege granted by King Carlos II in 1684 as stated on the marble memorial stone on the facade. The curious thing is that there is a survival of the Mudejar style that lasted until almost the beginning of the 18th century, as is well evident in the pillars and the arches. But even more curious is the reason for being of this great building that was erected to protect and put into use the two ice pits who are located there. In Constantina they have always been known as Los Pozos de la Nieve and they predate the building to which they are named. They belonged to Seville from the seventeenth century to the mid-nineteenth century, to supply ice to this city during the hottest months, although it is known that a minimum part of the production remained in Constantina.
