Icehouse, Corpach is a Grade C listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 October 1971.
Icehouse, Corpach
- WRENN ID
- dim-wicket-cobweb
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Constituency
- Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire MP: Mr Angus MacDonald (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 5 October 1971
- OS grid reference
- NN 086 766
- Coordinates
- 56.84164, -5.13836
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
This is an early 19th century icehouse, consisting of a single vaulted chamber built into the side of a slope. The east-facing frontage is constructed of random rubble, with a low centre doorway and a roughly tooled lintel. The curved roofline is topped with roughly tooled coping and a turf covering. Commercial icehouses of this type are uncommon on the west coast of the Highlands, although they are frequently found in salmon fishing areas on the east coast.
Local climate
Icehouse, Corpach sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 2,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 67 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 48 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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