Ice-House, Marchmont House is a Grade C listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 August 1999. Ice house.

Ice-House, Marchmont House

WRENN ID
gaunt-rampart-jay
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Scottish Borders
Constituency
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk MP: John Lamont (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
16 August 1999
Type
Ice house
OS grid reference
NT 742 487
Coordinates
55.73172, -2.41122
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The ice house at Marchmont House, dated around 1828, is a semi-subterranean structure built from coursed red sandstone ashlar. It features a barrel-vaulted passage that leads to a boarded timber door, which opens into a sealed chamber beyond. The northeast elevation has a round-arched entrance framed by ashlar voussoirs, although the gate is missing. To the right of the entrance are crowsteps, while the left side is missing them. Above the entrance, there is a dated panel set within a segmental-arched pediment. The front of the ice house is marked by a low stepped wall.

Local climate

Ice-House, Marchmont House receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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