Ice House, Hopeman is a Grade B listed building in the Moray local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 25 April 1989. Icehouse.
Ice House, Hopeman
- WRENN ID
- north-tallow-merlin
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Moray
- Constituency
- Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey MP: Graham Leadbitter (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 25 April 1989
- Type
- Icehouse
- OS grid reference
- NJ 145 696
- Coordinates
- 57.70864, -3.4352
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The ice house in Hopeman dates from the early to mid-19th century and is constructed from tooled rubble. It is built into a slope, with an entrance that features an unusual doorpiece in the Egyptian style. Inside, the structure has a vaulted conical cylindrical interior made of rubble.
Local climate
Ice House, Hopeman receives an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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