Ice House, Fishtown Of Usan is a Grade C listed building in the Angus local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 15 January 1980. Icehouse.

Ice House, Fishtown Of Usan

WRENN ID
weathered-joist-woodpecker
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Angus
Constituency
Angus and Perthshire Glens MP: Dave Doogan (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
15 January 1980
Type
Icehouse
OS grid reference
NO 725 545
Coordinates
56.68208, -2.44898
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Ice House in the Fishtown of Usan is a large, oblong chamber constructed from rubble and features a vaulted design. It was built on a rocky foreshore to serve as a refrigeration space for salmon. The structure likely dates back to the late 18th century and is currently disused.

Local climate

Ice House, Fishtown Of Usan receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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