Icehouse, Kimmerghame House is a Grade C listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 26 March 1997. Ice house.

Icehouse, Kimmerghame House

WRENN ID
stranded-hearth-jackdaw
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Scottish Borders
Constituency
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk MP: John Lamont (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
26 March 1997
Type
Ice house
OS grid reference
NT 813 515
Coordinates
55.75691, -2.29807
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The icehouse at Kimmerghame House dates from the early 19th century. It is a cylindrical stone structure set into an embankment, topped with a brick dome. The entrance features an ashlar surround, and there is a partly ruinous stone terrace leading up to it.

Local climate

Icehouse, Kimmerghame House receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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