Icehouse, Ratho Park House, Edinburgh is a Grade C listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 8 March 1994. Ice house.
Icehouse, Ratho Park House, Edinburgh
- WRENN ID
- hollow-loggia-stoat
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- City of Edinburgh
- Constituency
- Edinburgh West MP: Christine Jardine (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 8 March 1994
- Type
- Ice house
- OS grid reference
- NT 150 710
- Coordinates
- 55.92466, -3.3611
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The icehouse at Ratho Park House in Edinburgh dates back to the early 18th century and is situated to the north of the house, next to the bank of the Union Canal. The ground slopes to the north towards the raised bank of the canal. This structure is a circular, domed, subterranean building made of rubble and is currently very overgrown. It features a low entrance on the northeast side, which has a stugged stone lintel and jambs, and a raised dome at the center.
Inside, the icehouse has a domed interior constructed of brick and rubble, which is partially rendered. The interior has a fall of approximately 4 feet.
Local climate
Icehouse, Ratho Park House, Edinburgh sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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