15 Newbottle Street

HER Number

15961

District

Sunderland

Site Name

15 Newbottle Street

Place

Houghton-le-Spring

Map Sheet

NZ35SW

Class

Commercial

Site Type: Broad

Eating and Drinking Establishment

Site Type: Specific

Ice Cream Parlour

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Mid 20th Century 1933 to 1966

Form of Evidence

Demolished Building

Description

Formerly the site of the Royal Oak Inn. This was demolished around 1936. Then two shops were built - Moors Stores and Jaconelli's Ice cream Parlour. The ice cream parlour, one of three in Houghton, was run by Mr Diamond Jaconelli and his family. Ice creams were also sold from the company's ice cream van. The shops were demolished (?1960s) and Woolworths was built on the site.

Easting

434080

Northing

549960

Grid Reference

NZ434080549960

Sources

Paul Lanagan, 2008, Jaconelli's Ice Cream Parlour, www.houghtonlespring.org.uk/articles/jaconelli_icecream.htm