Icehouse, Cullen House is a Grade B listed building in the Moray local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 25 April 1989. Icehouse.

Icehouse, Cullen House

WRENN ID
fallen-flagstone-rook
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Moray
Constituency
Aberdeenshire North and Moray East MP: Seamus Logan (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
25 April 1989
Type
Icehouse
OS grid reference
NJ 505 662
Coordinates
57.68335, -2.8314
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The icehouse at Cullen House dates from around 1800 and is a conical structure built into the north-facing slope. It features a tall, narrow entrance that is round-headed and made of ashlar stone, with a keystone and blocked imposts. Inside, the walls are made of rubble, and the ceiling is a corbelled brick dome.

Local climate

Icehouse, Cullen House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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