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
- Constituency
- Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice MP: Emma Hardy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 November 1993
- Type
- Smoke house, processing shed
- Address
- Former Macraes Smoke Houses, Essex Street
- OS grid reference
- TA 065 271
- Coordinates
- 53.72988, -0.38654
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former Macraes Smoke Houses, also known as Cawoods Fish Curers, are disused fish smoking houses and processing sheds located on Essex Street in Kingston upon Hull. Built around 1890, they have undergone minor alterations in the 20th century. The buildings are constructed of brick and feature slate and corrugated asbestos roofs.
The northern smoke house is tall and windowless, equipped with a narrow longitudinal flue that is surrounded by a catwalk and guard rail, supporting ten metal cowls with hoods and shaped vanes. The southern smoke house originally had ten similar cowls, of which seven remain intact; one has collapsed. These cowls are mounted directly on the ridge and are also surrounded by a catwalk and guard rail. Between the two smoke houses, there are a series of processing sheds and offices that have north-light roofs.
The interiors of the smoke houses still contain their original kilns with fittings and original doors. These smoke houses represent a distinctive type of building associated with the Hull fishing industry, which thrived from around 1880 to 1970.
Local climate
Former Macraes Smoke Houses receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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