Ice House, Quay Street, Portree, Skye is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 8 September 1982. Ice house. 3 related planning applications.
Ice House, Quay Street, Portree, Skye
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-frieze-scarlet
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Constituency
- Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire MP: Mr Angus MacDonald (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 8 September 1982
- Type
- Ice house
- OS grid reference
- NG 483 434
- Coordinates
- 57.41181, -6.19231
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Ice House on Quay Street in Portree, Skye, is an early to mid 19th century single vaulted commercial icehouse that has been later converted into a warehouse and raised by one storey. The building is constructed of rubble and features a blocked central door on the street-facing gable, with a hoist entrance located on the first floor above. There is also a hoist door on the second floor gable end, and two vents are present on each side elevation. The roof is covered with slate.
Local climate
Ice House, Quay Street, Portree, Skye sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,970 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 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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