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One church hospital overlooking river, a cold building (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

icehouse

'a cold building' is the definition.

'one church hospital overlooking river' is the wordplay.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'church' becomes 'ce' (abbreviation for Church of England).
'hospital' becomes 'h'.
'overlooking' says to put letters next to each other (down clues only).
'river' becomes 'ouse' (Yorkshire river**).
'i'+'ce'+'h'+'ouse'='ICEHOUSE'

(Another definition for icehouse that I've seen is " Cold store".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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