Former Macraes Smoke Houses is a Grade II listed building in the Kingston upon Hull, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 November 1993. Smoke house, processing shed.

Former Macraes Smoke Houses

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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Kingston upon Hull, City of
Country
England
Date first listed
8 November 1993
Type
Smoke house, processing shed
Source
Historic England listing

Description

KINGSTON UPON HULL

680-1/8/133 ESSEX STREET 08-NOV-93 (South side) FORMER MACRAES SMOKE HOUSES

II

Also Known As: CAWOODS FISH CURERS, ESSEX STREET

Also known as: Cawoods Fish Curers ESSEX STREET. Fish smoking houses and processing sheds, now disused. c1890, with minor C20 alterations. Brick with slate and corrrugated asbestos roofs. Tall windowless northern smoke house has a narrow longitudinal flue surrounded by a catwalk and guard rail, carrying 10 metal cowls with hoods and shaped vanes. Southern smoke house had 10 similar cowls, though only 7 survive intact, one has collapsed, all mounted directly on the ridge and surrounded by catwalk and guard rail. Between the smoke houses, a series of processing sheds and offices with north-light roofs. INTERIOR of the smoke houses retain their original kilns with fittings and original doors. These smoke houses are a type of characteristic special purpose building associated with the Hull fishing industry, which flourished c1880-1970.

Listing NGR: TA0654227148

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