Houghton-le-Spring, Newbottle St, No. 15

HER Number:
15961

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Houghton-le-Spring, Newbottle St, No. 15

Place:
Houghton-le-Spring

Map Sheet:
NZ35SW

Class:
Commercial

Site Type: Broad:
Eating and Drinking Establishment

Site Type: Specific:
Ice Cream Parlour

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

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:
3408

Northing:
4996

Grid Reference:
NZ34084996

Lats/Lons:

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