Ice House, Fernie Castle is a Grade C listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 1 March 1984. Ice house.

Ice House, Fernie Castle

WRENN ID
wild-lancet-quill
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
1 March 1984
Type
Ice house
OS grid reference
NO 316 148
Coordinates
56.32071, -3.10723
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Ice House at Fernie Castle is likely from the early 19th century. It is located to the north of the main house and features a single vaulted chamber built into a bank. The structure has a curved, gabled north wall and is constructed from coursed rubble, with droved ashlar door dressings.

Local climate

Ice House, Fernie Castle receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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