Icehouse, Monreith House is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 November 1994. Ice house.
Icehouse, Monreith House
- WRENN ID
- broken-terrace-hemlock
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 11 November 1994
- Type
- Ice house
- OS grid reference
- NX 353 428
- Coordinates
- 54.7534, -4.55999
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The icehouse at Monreith House dates from around 1800 and features a domed design. It is constructed of rubble, with a doorway to the east that has ashlar jambs. Inside, there is a square-plan chamber. The dome is covered with earth and undergrowth on the outside.
Local climate
Icehouse, Monreith House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,340 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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