Lemington Cone is a Grade II* listed building in the Newcastle upon Tyne local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 June 1976. Factory.

Lemington Cone

WRENN ID
high-minaret-torch
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Newcastle upon Tyne
Constituency
Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West MP: Dame Chi Onwurah (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 June 1976
Type
Factory
Address
Lemington Cone, A6085
OS grid reference
NZ 183 645
Coordinates
54.97543, -1.7147
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Lemington Cone is a glassworks building, now a factory, constructed around 1787 for the Northumberland Glass Company. It features English bond brickwork, with the uppermost courses renewed. The tall cone structure has five large segmental arches visible on the west and south sides, and two smaller arches on the north side, which have been bricked up with a door inserted in the north-west. This building is historically significant as the only surviving glasshouse on the Tyne, known for glass manufacturing since the early 17th century.

Local climate

Lemington Cone receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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