Ice-House, Cawder Park, Bishopbriggs is a Grade B listed building in the East Dunbartonshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 29 May 1979. Icehouse.
Ice-House, Cawder Park, Bishopbriggs
- WRENN ID
- odd-nave-twilight
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- East Dunbartonshire
- Constituency
- Mid Dunbartonshire MP: Susan Murray (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 29 May 1979
- Type
- Icehouse
- OS grid reference
- NS 604 728
- Coordinates
- 55.92803, -4.2352
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The ice house at Cawder Park in Bishopbriggs is an early 19th-century structure designed by David Hamilton. It faces north and features a Neo-classical style, with mounded earth on the sides and rear. The exterior is constructed from large, droved ashlar blocks, and the interior is fully lined with brick. Notable architectural details include a moulded plain pediment and a segmental arch that is recessed at the center, which has a segmental arch doorway inset. Inside, there is a brick-lined chamber.
Local climate
Ice-House, Cawder Park, Bishopbriggs sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,250 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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