Bankhill Ice House

A unique opportunity to visit an Icehouse which was built in the late |8th century to store ice for Berwick's renowned salmon industry. The ice was used for packing fish, particularly salmon, in crates to be transported to London. It was sourced locally if the winter had been severe enough, but usually was imported from Norway.

The blocks were carefully stored in layers with sawdust laid between the blocks to prevent them from freezing into a solid mass. Icehouses were still being used in the 1930s.

In the Second World War it was designated as an air-raid shelter, and later as a garage.

It is a Grade I listed building that was restored by Berwick Preservation Trust.