Icehouse, Broomhall is a Grade B listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 19 December 1979. Ice-house, summer-house.

Icehouse, Broomhall

WRENN ID
swift-frieze-holly
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
Dunfermline and Dollar MP: Graeme Downie (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
19 December 1979
Type
Ice-house, summer-house
OS grid reference
NT 075 835
Coordinates
56.0361, -3.48488
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The icehouse at Broomhall dates back to the 18th century and is built into an earthen bank. It features a Gothic-arched entrance leading to a tunnel that opens into a vaulted underground chamber lined with brick. The structure is made of rough sandstone and has a metal pointed arch door. There is also a small area recessed into the rock face, which has a segmental arch with undressed voussoirs.

Local climate

Icehouse, Broomhall receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 55% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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