Ice House, Chanonry Point is a Grade C listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 31 August 1983. Ice house.

Ice House, Chanonry Point

WRENN ID
twisted-obsidian-birch
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Highland
Constituency
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross MP: Jamie Stone (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
31 August 1983
Type
Ice house
OS grid reference
NH 747 557
Coordinates
57.57431, -4.09653
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Ice House at Chanonry Point is an early 19th-century structure consisting of two large vaulted ice houses that are joined and run parallel to each other. The northwest elevation features steep, pointed gable ends. The building is constructed of rubble, and the turf roofing has been removed.

Local climate

Ice House, Chanonry Point sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 55 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 38 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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