Whitburn, Front Street, Ice House
Whitburn, Front Street, Ice House
HER Number
2330
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Whitburn, Front Street, Ice House
Place
Whitburn
Map Sheet
NZ45NW
Class
Domestic
Site Type: Broad
Icehouse
Site Type: Specific
Icehouse
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Structure
Description
An eighteenth century limestone icehouse with earth mound on the northern edge of Whitburn. A two metre long tunnel forms a passage into the domed interior. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
440550
Northing
561910
Grid Reference
NZ440550561910
Sources
<< HER 2330 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 8
I. Ayris & S.M. Linsley, 1994, A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Tyne and Wear, p 63
I. Ayris & S.M. Linsley, 1994, A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Tyne and Wear, p 63