Icehouse, Keir House is a Grade B listed building in the Stirling local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 October 1971. Ice house.

Icehouse, Keir House

WRENN ID
salt-chalk-khaki
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Stirling
Constituency
Stirling and Strathallan MP: Chris Kane (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
5 October 1971
Type
Ice house
OS grid reference
NS 771 990
Coordinates
56.16864, -3.98085
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The icehouse at Keir House is an early 19th-century structure featuring an egg-shaped design. It is constructed of brick and has a vaulted tunnel approach. The dome is exposed and topped with a tall vent.

Local climate

Icehouse, Keir House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,260 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 61 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 37 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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