What is recorded here

Taymouth Castle, Ice House stands in Perth and Kinross as a 19th Century structure built to capture winter and serve it later. Imagine servants hauling heavy blocks from nearby water into darkness, stacking them against heat while the castle dined in summer. The icehouse turned seasonal loss into controlled pleasure, proving that foresight can defy the calendar.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Taymouth Castle, Ice House as Icehouse (19th Century). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Taymouth Castle, Ice House was built in the 19th century as part of the Taymouth Castle estate, which was developed by the Campbell family, later Earls of Breadalbane. The ice house is remembered as an example of utilitarian architecture supporting the needs of a large landed estate in the Scottish Highlands.

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