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:

Site Type: Specific:
Icehouse

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

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:
4055

Northing:
6191

Grid Reference:
NZ40556191

Lats/Lons:

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