Deer Larder, The Haining is a Grade C listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 23 June 2003. Deer larder and ice house.
Deer Larder, The Haining
- WRENN ID
- fading-balcony-khaki
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Scottish Borders
- Constituency
- Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk MP: John Lamont (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 23 June 2003
- Type
- Deer larder and ice house
- OS grid reference
- NT 468 280
- Coordinates
- 55.54315, -2.84379
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Deer Larder at The Haining was built around 1830, possibly by John Smith, and was restored in 1994. It is a small polygonal structure with a raised basement, situated on ground that slopes sharply to the north. The exterior is constructed from squared and snecked whinstone rubble, accented with contrasting red sandstone ashlar dressings. There is a gabled doorway on the east side, with a small plaque above it stating 'RESTORED BY ANDREW NIMMO-SMITH IN 1994', and a truncated stack at the gablehead. Inside, a short passageway leads to the polygonal chamber, which features broad openings (formerly bipartite) on each face. The roof is covered with graded grey slates.
Beneath the deer larder is a large underground egg-shaped ice house measuring 6 meters by 12 meters, connected by a 5-meter long tunnel. The ice house is constructed with tooled red sandstone on the lower half, and small sandstone blocks or bricks extend into a corbelled vault. There are red sandstone entrance steps and a small walkway nearby.
Local climate
Deer Larder, The Haining sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 33 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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