Ice House, Carstairs House is a Grade C listed building in the South Lanarkshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 21 April 1980.

Ice House, Carstairs House

WRENN ID
buried-tower-elder
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
South Lanarkshire
Constituency
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
21 April 1980
OS grid reference
NS 943 445
Coordinates
55.68263, -3.68123
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

An early 19th century ice house, located within the grounds of Carstairs House. The structure is circular and features a domed compartment.

Local climate

Ice House, Carstairs House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,180 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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