Ice-House, Kirroughtree House is a Grade C listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 17 December 1979. Ice house.
Ice-House, Kirroughtree House
- WRENN ID
- high-pewter-magpie
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 17 December 1979
- Type
- Ice house
- OS grid reference
- NX 422 661
- Coordinates
- 54.96481, -4.46635
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The ice house at Kirroughtree House dates back to the 18th century and features a simple barrel-vaulted design, with part of it located underground. The structure is built from rubble, with some brick repairs. Inside, there is a brick barrel vault. The ice house has a doorway on the south side and an opening on the north side, which includes deep embrasures.
Local climate
Ice-House, Kirroughtree House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,380 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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