Review of Buildings and Parks of Local Architectural Or Historic Interest

Appendix 2

Review of Buildings and

Parks of Local Architectural or Historic Interest Existing entries

September 2017

Contents Current entries proposed to remain on the Local Register ...... 3 Current entries proposed to be removed from the Local Register ...... 134

Current entries proposed to remain on the Local Register

Reference 07/0002/LOCAL Information: Name and address Church of St. Hilda This is a great example of a modern church. Brick Stanton Road construction with a flat roof and curved west Cullercoats elevation. G. E. Charlewood and Curry of Newcastle Tyne And Wear submitted the plans in November 1962. The church NE30 3PH was dedicated in 1966 as a daughter church to St. Ward Cullercoats Georges Church, Cullercoats. Ian Curry was later the Date 1960s Catholic architect for York and Durham. Conservation Area n/a Current use Church

Reference 07/0003/LOCAL Information: Name and address Church Bank Cemetery And The cemetery has burial records from 1879, which gives a Buildings good indication of its opening date. It was known as Church Bank Wallsend Cemetery when originally established. It was built Wallsend with two lodges (one each at the north and south Tyne And Wear entrances- the southern now lost) and two sandstone Ward Wallsend chapels, one Church of England, the other nonconformist. Date c.1870s Unfortunately the buildings are in a poor state of disrepair, Conservation Area St. Peter’s, Wallsend representing a major challenge for these heritage assets. Current use Cemetery Between the two chapels are two lychgates. Lychgates are porch-like structures, typically positioned at the gateway to a churchyard in which a coffin might stand while the introductory part of the burial service was read. Church Bank Cemetery’s lychgates could not be positioned at the gateway due to their differing denominations. The cemetery lodge is a one and a half storey single dwelling of sandstone. The cemetery has an irregular sandstone wall with pyramidal sandstone topping, apart from the north eastern boundary, which is concrete with a sandstone topping that has evidence of railings that have been lost. On both north and south sides, the entrances feature tall squared sandstone gate piers with decorative toppings and steel gates; however, only those at the south side are original. The graveyard itself provides great interest. There are many beautiful mature trees, and landscaping is used well in places, such as the avenue of trees leading from the south entrance. Despite the issues at the cemetery, it is a set piece of great interest.

Reference 07/0004/LOCAL Information: Name and address Church of St. Peter The church was designed by Mr. George Holmes and Elmwood Road built by the Gofton family of Monkseaton in 1937- Whitley Bay 1938. It was consecrated by the Rt. Revd. Harold Tyne And Wear Ernest Bilbrough, Lord Bishop of Newcastle, on the NE25 8EX Vigil of St. Peter, Tuesday 28th June 1938. Ward Monkseaton North The church saw some changes in 1950, including an Date 1930s enlargement to the east window by H. L. Honeyman Conservation Area Monkseaton of Newcastle. This is an impressive brick-built Current use Church muscular church with a good interior.

Reference 07/0005/LOCAL Information: Name and address Allen Memorial Church Built 1903 to replace a Zion Chapel on the corner Park Road of High Street East and Station Road. A brick and Wallsend stone-built church with a tall nave beneath a Tyne And Wear steeply pitched roof, with a northwest entrance NE28 7NL porch beneath a square brick tower with an Ward Wallsend octagonal stone steeple. The church was built by Date 1903 William Thomas Weir of Howdon, one of the Conservation Area The Green, Wallsend major contractors on Tyneside. Other projects of Current use Church his included Burn Closes Bridge, Eltringham & Co.'s shipyard, Wallsend Drill Hall and Tynemouth Conservative Club. The original spire was removed, as it was unsafe and would have been too costly to replace. A stone plate on the west gable commemorates John Allen. John Allen was one of the pioneers of the north-eastern Alkali trade. From 1848 to 1860, in which year he died, Allen lived at The Red House, Wallsend, facing the Green. He was responsible for donating the land and supplying the money for the building of the Zion chapel, and he and his wife were great supporters of the church.

Reference 07/0007/LOCAL Information: Name and address Whitley Bay Baptist Church This church was known as Whitley Bay Congregational Park Avenue Church and is on the 3rd edition OS map. The church is Whitley Bay in red sandstone and is a prominent feature on the Tyne And Wear street with an impressive tower. The building has good NE26 1DW survival of original features. Ward Whitley Bay Date c.1910 Conservation Area n/a Current use Church

Reference 07/0010/LOCAL Information: Name and address W.M. Wight's Shipping Grocer The shop premises started life as the Highlander 1 Union Quay Hotel in 1847 and during World War II it became a North Shields navy office. William Wight started the business in Tyne And Wear 1929 and was in the same family since 1946. The NE30 1HJ business closed in summer 2017. The shop provided Ward Tynemouth the fishing fleet with stores and provisions. Although Date c.1840s custom from ships and boats dwindled over the Conservation Area Fish Quay years, the shop kept its sense of the past in its style Current use Retail premises and in selling traditional products. This building is more special than others on street, both architecturally and historically. The principal elevation features white brickwork, with bands of glazed blue bricks. It has an ornate dentilled eaves and lintels.

Reference 07/0012/LOCAL Information: Name and address The Arcade Part of the Bath Assembly Rooms (1860). The archway Tynemouth was designed to keep carriages sheltered at the Bath Tyne And Wear Hotel. The elegant shape of arches is a prominent NE30 4BS feature on Front Street. Ward Tynemouth Date c.1860 Conservation Area Tynemouth Village Current use Leisure/residential

Reference 07/0013/LOCAL Information: Name and address 9-11-13 Percy Park Road A large, impressive and highly detailed building of Tynemouth brick, stone and terracotta, with a prominent Tyne And Wear corner turret feature. The building was once the NE30 4LZ Priory and Army Institute connected with Holy Ward Tynemouth Saviour's Church. Date c.1880s Conservation Area Tynemouth Village Current use Retail premises/residential

Reference 07/0014/LOCAL Information: Name and address 4 Percy Park Road Excellent shop frontage with curved glass, tiled floor Tynemouth at doorway, stallriser and console brackets. A very Tyne And Wear good and rare example of its age and style. NE30 4LY Ward Tynemouth Date c.1880s Conservation Area Tynemouth Village Current use Retail premises

Reference 07/0016/LOCAL Information: Name and address 2 - 6 High Street West George Burton Hunter built this building in 1883 Wallsend as the Cafe and Athenaeum, to further his Tyne And Wear interests in temperance and education. The NE28 8HU Cafe served meals and offered meeting places Ward Wallsend for clubs and trade unions. Evening classes in Date 1883 technical education, mathematics and Conservation Area n/a languages were held in the Athenaeum. A Current use Retail premises branch of Burton's opened in the 1920s in the building, later to be replaced by Grafton's ladies' outfitters. It is a large, impressive building, with good positioning at the junction of two of Wallsend's most important roads. It has good social history.

Reference 07/0017/LOCAL Information: Name and address 105 - 109 High Street West A nice example of a building with some early Wallsend art deco influences. It is a white painted Tyne And Wear rendered two storey building, with a flat roof, NE28 8JD curved corners and a band of windows at the Ward Wallsend first floor. There is some simple detailing Date 1924 around the top of the windows and a Conservation Area n/a decorative date plaque that illustrates the Current use Funeral Directors building date of 1924.

Reference 07/0018/LOCAL Information: Name and address 205 Park Road This building was originally erected by The Wallsend Castner Kellner Alkali Co. as the Castner Tyne And Wear Memorial Institute, for use by the workers of the NE28 7NL company. It also was the first Wallsend borough Ward Wallsend library. A large brick building with gables to the Date 1912 street, prominent cast iron rainwater goods and Conservation Area The Green, Wallsend moulded stone detailing, including a plaque Current use Office above the door that reveals the building dates from 1912. This good looking building has a great historical association.

Reference 07/0019/LOCAL Information: Name and address 305 Whitley Road The building was built in 1902 as the North Shields Whitley Bay Industrial Society. It is impressively large with a Tyne And Wear great curving, corner site. The shop fascias are of NE26 2HU poor architectural quality but there is a good Ward Whitley Bay survival of building details. Date 1902 Conservation Area n/a Current use Commercial and leisure

Reference 07/0020/LOCAL Information: Name and address Verdemar House This building is on the 4th ed. OS map. Now 230 Park View occupied by an Accountant, it is a former bank. It Whitley Bay has a granite doorway, sandstone at ground floor Tyne And Wear and brick above. It is a good example of this kind NE26 3QR of building and this age of building; the brick Ward Whitley Bay detailing in particular is good quality. Date c.1920s Conservation Area n/a Current use Accountant

Reference 07/0021/LOCAL Information: Name and address Belvedere Building Built 1926, as shown in tile work. A prominent Whitley Bay and unusual building. The building has a large Tyne And Wear gable and feature windows to the corner. The NE26 1DG tile work has decorative motifs including Ward Whitley Bay wreaths. Date 1926 Conservation Area n/a Current use Retail and restaurant

Reference 07/0022/LOCAL Information: Name and address 201-203 Whitley Road & 4 Station Road This was built in 1888 with the intention to Whitley Bay house the Whitley Club Co. A group of Tyne And Wear gentlemen newly arrived from more NE26 2RA populous districts hoped to have a meeting Ward Whitley Bay place to rival anything available in the Date 1888 cities. However, the scheme was slow to Conservation Area n/a start, and parts of the premises had to be Current use Restaurant let out. James Young opened his fashionable draper's store on the ground floor around 1895. It became Young & Aiston briefly, then Aiston & Son. They gave way to W. J. Sparkes, and around the First World War, Lloyd's Bank took over. The current frontage was added in the 1920s for Lloyds Bank and the club remained on the upper floor. This is a good-looking building with an interesting history.

Reference 07/0023/LOCAL Information: Name and address 1-3 South Parade & 230-234 Whitley Former Central Buildings. Built around 1901. This Road large, prominent building has good landmark Whitley Bay quality. It is three storeys with gable features and Tyne And Wear a domed tower. It is in brick with stone detailing. NE26 2RE Ward Whitley Bay Date c.1900 Conservation Area n/a Current use Commercial

Reference 07/0024/LOCAL Information: Name and address 86-116 Park View These buildings are on the 3rd ed. OS map. The Whitley Bay whole composition is worthy, due to the Tyne And Wear architectural rhythm shown in the block and the NE26 3QL contribution it makes to the street. Although Ward Whitley Bay some shop frontage is not special, the building Date c.1910 has some good tile work, dentilled eaves and Conservation Area n/a decorative Dutch gables. Current use Retail and residential

Reference 07/0025/LOCAL Information: Name and address Friends Meeting House This building is on the 1st ed. OS map. It is an 23 Front Street unusually vertically-emphasised building, with a Whitley Bay steeply pitched tiled roof and tall, steeply pitched Tyne And Wear half-dormers. The building is difficult to age from NE25 8AQ its style; internally it has features that could be 18th Ward Monkseaton South century, but the building has seen some work in Date c. 18th century with later remodelling subsequent decades. It is an attractive building that Conservation Area Monkseaton Village stands out on Front Street, with an interesting Current use Quaker Meeting house connection to Quakers in North Tyneside.

Reference 07/0026/LOCAL Information: Name and address 52 Bell Street This site was once occupied by two public houses, North Shields the Newcastle Arms and the Lord Collingwood, the Tyne And Wear latter commemorated the fact that for over a NE30 1HF century the Collingwoods of Chirton owned the Ward Tynemouth area. Both the pubs existed early in the last Date 1952 century, on the banks of the Tyne, before Union Conservation Area Fish Quay Quay had been built. The family sold the Lord Current use Restaurant Collingwood to Charles Connacher in 1904. It was bought by Tynemouth Council in 1937, and sold to the Fishermen’s Mission in 1950. The current building dates from 1952 and was designed by George H. Gray and Partners. The Royal National Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen (the Fishermen's Mission) provides care and support to working, retired and disabled fishermen and their families. The Fishermen’s Mission has in recent years moved to another building at the Fish Quay and the building is now in use as a restaurant. The building has a good social history. The nautical themes in the architecture are good features.

Reference 07/0027/LOCAL Information: Name and address Tyne Steam Packet Provident Society As early as the 16th century the keelmen of the Club House Tyne felt the need to protect themselves from the 1 Waldo Street/47 Sibthorpe Street hardships that sickness and death could bring to North Shields their families, and they founded a Mutual Aid Tyne And Wear Society and a hospital. The years brought many NE29 6NJ changes, notably the invention of steam tugs on Ward Riverside the Tyne, but through it all the river men continued Date 1897 to run funds for the benefit of their less fortunate Conservation Area n/a fellows. In 1853 they registered as a friendly Current use Residential society, under the name Tyne Steam Packet Provident Society. They registered as a trade union in 1871. In the 1920s the Society changed its name to the North East Coast Tugboatmen & Fishermen's Association. This building was built in 1897, as shown on the impressive name stone. It sits at the end of a terrace but is larger in scale and features stronger architectural features including a steeply pitched roof and Tuscan stone door surrounds. The building was designed by Davidson and Bendle.

Reference 07/0029/LOCAL Information: Name and address 31 Station Road This building dates from 1891. It was once used Wallsend as a bank and a Masonic Hall. “Bank” is written Tyne And Wear in the stone work above the main doorway and a NE28 6TF stone in the corner of the building explains the Ward Wallsend Masonic use. It is a striking building of brick, with Date 1891 brick and stone detailing, including a Gothic door Conservation Area n/a surround. The Masonic link is interesting. Current use Offices

Reference 07/0030/LOCAL Information: Name and address Rake House Farm It has been reported that a Rake House Farm was Rake Lane present in 1660. Most of the present buildings, North Shields which are in sandstone, date from the 19th century Tyne And Wear with some newer additions. It can be seen on the NE29 8EY 1st edition OS map as a farm house with Ward Collingwood outbuilding to the east and a traditional Date c. early 19th century symmetrical barn and courtyard layout with gin- nd Conservation Area n/a gang. By the 2 edition OS map, a central wing to Current use Offices the barn and infill between the farm house and outbuilding had been added. In recent decades, Rake House Farm fell into disrepair. A planning application was approved in 2005 for the conversion of farmhouse and outbuildings to office units, construction of infill office space and demolition of steel barn and stone outbuildings. Now implemented, the conversion has been of high quality. Whilst the conversion has compromised the original layout, it has saved the asset from further damage or complete loss. The buildings are attractive and good quality, and despite additions and a change of use, are still identifiable as a former farm. Farmsteads such as this have survived throughout the country, although there are not many of this level of intactness in the locality.

Reference 07/0031/LOCAL Information: Name and address Burradon Farm Complex Burradon Farm is a working farm of some 400 Burradon Road acres at the heart of which lies the 14th century Burradon Pele Tower (a scheduled monument), the NORTHUMBERLAND farmhouse, the old farm cottages and a range of NE23 7ND traditional stone farm buildings. Most of the Ward Camperdown original farm buildings have been converted to Date c. early 19th century create cottages and houses for the use of guests. Conservation Area n/a Despite the conversion, there is still enough Current use Visitor accommodation character in the surviving buildings to warrant Local Register status.

Reference 07/0032/LOCAL Information: Name and address 1-4 West Avenue These are large semi-detached homes with Benton original features and character, built c.1895- NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE 1900. They were built and owned by Mr. Lewis NE12 9PA Lundi of Rock Villa, Jesmond, who also owned Ward Benton the houses on The Grove and the first five homes Date c.1890s on west side of East Ave. When Mr. Lundi died in Conservation Area Benton November 1905, the property ownership passed Current use Residential to his son, Mr. Frederico George Lundi, who lived at 5 West Avenue. This property was called Craigmont and is now the site of Craigmont Court Apartments. The properties are intact and form a good group.

Reference 07/0033/LOCAL Information: Name and address North View House Former coach house of late 18th century Benton Front Street House. It’s a single storey irregular sandstone Benton building with pitched slate roof with small NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE turret and weathervane. The building is an NE7 7XF interesting part of the area's history that isn't Ward Benton too badly altered considering its age and Date c. late 18th century former uses as a coach house, office/workshop Conservation Area Longbenton and now restaurant. Current use Restaurant

Reference 07/0034/LOCAL Information: Name and address 42 Beverley Terrace Built in 1870 with two beacons and two masts for Cullercoats navigational purposes. The house was purposely built Tyne And Wear single storey but double fronted to provide the same NE30 4NU living space as the others in the terrace. It is a brick Ward Cullercoats building with highly decorative stone features. This is Date 1870 an interesting building with good historical links. Conservation Area Cullercoats Current use Residential

Reference 07/0035/LOCAL Information: Name and address 1-3 Church Way A set of attractive stone cottages that have a very Earsdon rural village character. These properties are Whitley Bay particularly attractive with their half dormers. The Tyne And Wear whole street pre-dates the 1st edition OS map of NE25 9JY c.1860. Ward St. Mary’s Date c. early 19th century Conservation Area Earsdon Current use Residential

Reference 07/0036/LOCAL Information: Name and address Melrose House This building is on the 2nd ed. OS map. It has good 1 Park Drive dressed stonework, dressed door and neat Forest Hall dormers. Such a building is unusual in the area. NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE NE12 9JN Ward Benton Date c.1860s Conservation Area n/a Current use Residential

Reference 07/0037/LOCAL Information: Name and address Hallington Mews Housing designed by Ralph Erskine, in 1968, before his Killingworth World-famous Byker Wall estate and demonstrating NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE many of the features found there, such as NE12 6UE unconventional geometry of windows and roofs. Known Ward Camperdown as 'Killingworth Lakeshore Village' when designed, Date c.1968 Stanley Miller Developments won the design Conservation Area n/a competition with the designs of Ralph Erskine. The Current use Residential estate has segregation of homes and traffic, giving a quiet village feel. Landscaping was considered as important as the buildings in the design scheme. The buildings have some interesting features like sheds made in rough timber and the jetty into the lake. Very worthy of Local Register status for its unusual and interesting features and the association with the world-famous Erskine.

Reference 07/0038/LOCAL Information: Name and address Monkseaton House The property dates back to 1806 and has four 56 Front Street floors. It was built as a residence for Doctor Roxby. Whitley Bay In the mid 1800s it became the residence of Tyne And Wear William Davison, who built two reservoirs in the NE25 8DP rear garden to supply water for Monkseaton Ward Monkseaton North Brewery, which he owned. There is a story that the Date c.1806 brewery was once connected to Monkseaton Conservation Area Monkseaton Village House by a tunnel. The brewery (built in 1683) was Current use Residential demolished shortly after 1934 and the present Monkseaton Arms is now within its place. Although altered, this is a well-proportioned and fine looking building, with an interesting history.

Reference 07/0040/LOCAL Information: Name and address Knott Memorial Flats In January 1935, Tynemouth Council received a North Shields letter from the late Sir James Knott's trustees. Sir Tyne And Wear Knott was a shipbuilder and philanthropist, who NE30 4AQ spent most of his life in the borough. They Ward Tynemouth proposed building the flats as a memorial to him. Date 1939 They were designed by Tasker and Child in Conservation Area n/a collaboration with Charles Holden and built by Current use Residential contractor Stanley Miller. They replaced the Duke of Northumberland's Percy Square of 1758. The flats opened in 1939 and were a large example of the progressive 1930s architecture style that London County Council used for flats at the time. They were to be populated, in the main, by families from the area of North Shields with a sea- going connection. Tyne Boys Club, established in 1949, started as a boxing club in the basement of Knott's Flats. These are iconic flats by known architects, with a connection to an important person of the area.

Reference 07/0041/LOCAL Information: Name and address Ashbury House Ex-Vicarage for the grade II listed St. Augustin's Jackson Street Church (consecrated in 1884). Together they North Shields have group value. William Hope, who designed Tyne And Wear several similar buildings in North Shields and NE30 2HY was a specialist in theatres, designed the Ward Tynemouth vicarage in 1892. The building was converted to Date 1890s flats in the early 1980s. The building is a proud Conservation Area n/a brick building with attractive stone detailing. Current use Residential Although some changes, this is a nice building by a known architect.

Reference 07/0042/LOCAL Information: Name and address Preston Cottage The oldest and largest villa in Preston. In 1809 the North Road land was sold to John Plummer, who built the North Shields cottage. It is a two storey building with roof with Tyne And Wear overhanging eaves. The house is not in its original NE29 9LP state- it has been enlarged and improved, including a Ward Preston pillared entrance, and around 1863 a prestigious Date c.1810s Italianate tower with stone balustrade was added. It Conservation Area n/a has been said that there was a private Turkish bath at Current use Residential this property c.1860.

Reference 07/0043/LOCAL Information: Name and address 1-6 Widdrington Terrace These buildings have nice architraves, window North Shields surrounds and neat dormers. There is good group Tyne And Wear value of 1-6, including the hairdresser’s premises. NE29 0DA They stand out because of their style and due to Ward Chirton them being different to the surrounding houses. Date c.1880s Conservation Area n/a Current use Residential and commercial

Reference 07/0044/LOCAL Information: Name and address 7-8-9 Lovaine Terrace Street built in mid-1800s. These are good quality North Shields buildings with good features. No. 7 is a two storey Tyne And Wear brick building with five bays symmetrically NE29 0HJ arranged around the central doorway, which is Ward Preston framed within a stone doorcase. No. 8 is similar Date c.1850s but taller and with attic dormers. The first floor Conservation Area Camp Terrace cills constitute a continuous stone course. No.9 Current use Residential especially is a wonderful building with lots of character. It is a Victorian Gothic building with square ground floor bay windows.

Reference 07/0045/LOCAL Information: Name and address Former Quay Master's Office And House This is an elaborate Victorian Gothic building, with 40 - 41 Fish Quay nice polychrome brickwork, clock and finials. The North Shields connection to the workings of the Fish Quay is Tyne And Wear interesting. NE30 1JA Ward Tynemouth Date 1860s Conservation Area Fish Quay Current use Offices

Reference 07/0046/LOCAL Information: Name and address 1-7 Ferry Mews A tall building in brick. This building has a good North Shields impact on townscape and it is interesting how it Tyne And Wear is perpendicular to the river. This makes it an NE29 6LG unusual, standout building. Ward Riverside Date c.1850s Conservation Area New Quay Current use Residential

Reference 07/0047/LOCAL Information: Name and address 2-6 Trinity Buildings These buildings were built in 1887, designed by North Shields W. Hope of North Shields. They have a striking Tyne And Wear design, with Dutch gables. The central property NE30 1JU has two stone plaques illustrating the historic Ward Tynemouth association to Trinity House. Some alteration Date c.1887 has occurred in some buildings more than Conservation Area Fish Quay others but they are all included for group value. Current use Residential

Reference 07/0048/LOCAL Information: Name and address 112-113 East View These buildings are on the 2nd edition OS map. These Wideopen are impressive buildings and stand alone as buildings NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE of this age and style in the area. They are situated on NE13 6EF the former site of Seaton Burn School and are said to Ward Weetslade have been the Headmaster's and Caretaker's homes. Date 1870s The school was built by Amos Gray in 1877 and it can Conservation Area n/a therefore be assumed that these buildings are of Current use Residential similar age. The school was demolished in 1995 but these buildings remained. Number 112 has seen some inappropriate extension and alteration but has been included due to the value of the pair of buildings.

Reference 07/0049/LOCAL Information: Name and address 10 Russell Square A farm appears in this location on the 1st edition Seaton Burn OS map. This property, which appears to be an NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE associated farm house, is on the 2nd edition OS NE13 6HR map. Ward Weetslade It is a symmetrical stone two storey building with a Date c.1870s pitched, hipped roof. Conservation Area n/a It is an attractive property that has a historical Current use Residential connection to Seaton Burn’s past.

Reference 07/0050/LOCAL Information: Name and address 1-8 Front Street Plus Lorne The Duke of Northumberland's Turkish crescent is House And Broadstone incorporated into new railings at 1 Front St, as the Front Street house was built for his local agent. It is a two storey, Tynemouth four bay, early c19th building with arched 16 light Tyne And Wear sash windows. The arched doorway has a Turkish NE30 4RG crescent stone plaque. One of the bays is made up Ward Tynemouth of two Victorian windows (not original glass). No. 2 Date c. late 18th to mid 19th century is a c18th three storey building, whose front Conservation Area Tynemouth Village elevation was originally its side elevation. The Current use Residential building was re-fronted in the early c19th. No. 3 was probably two dwellings converted into one and is an ornate example of Victorian residential architecture. No. 5 is a two storey, three bay property, with the central bay doorway and window above having Tuscan surrounds. Another interesting property here is no.7, which until the 1860s, was the Star and Garter Inn. It was sometime after this when the bay windows were added. No. 8 is a late c18th building with c19th bay windows added through the three storeys of the westerly bay. The building has a stone porch with two free-standing Doric columns. Some of these buildings have been divided into flats. There is no 4 Front Street. Together with Lorne House and Broadstone, they form an attractive and interesting group.

Reference 07/0051/LOCAL Information: Name and address Pier Cottage This is a single storey brick building with some Pier Road bay windows and some round headed windows. Tynemouth It has a slate roof. It was built by the Commission Tyne And Wear for the Watchman. The connection to the NE30 4DB workings of the pier is interesting. The building is Ward Tynemouth prominently located by the North Pier and Date c.1850s “entrance” to the Spanish Battery and Prior’s Conservation Area Tynemouth Village Haven area of Tynemouth. Unfortunately the Current use Vacant building is vacant and in poor condition.

Reference 07/0052/LOCAL Information: Name and address 1-47 Percy Gardens Plus The Lodge, In 1868 ground plans were drawn by the Duke of Priory Court And Gardens Northumberland's office for the building of terraces Tynemouth on his Tynemouth estate, one of these was the Tyne And Wear crescent of Percy Gardens overlooking the Short NE30 4HH Sands and Tynemouth Priory. The ground plan for Ward Tynemouth Percy Gardens was approved and laid out in the Date c.1860s, 1870s and 1960s. 1860s and construction was still not completed by Conservation Area Tynemouth Village the end of the 1870s, construction was left to Current use Residential individual owners and builders and the houses were erected in groups of one to four over a number of years. Three residents were recorded in the 1871 Census and many more in the 1886 Census and onwards, including ship owners, lawyers, accountants, land agents and engineers. The residents of the crescent created the gardens because the houses had not been provided with gardens. The park had an elegant simplicity, built in an elliptical shape. The eastern outer edge had a bank to provide shelter from the sea. Paths from the houses follow serpentine routes to a circular path in the centre. In 1872 a gardener's cottage and lodge were added at the southern end. Now the homes are mostly divided into flats. The site of the 1960s Priory Court (sites 7 to 13) stood empty due to the bankruptcy of the developer in 1876. They are included in the Register because of the interesting story of how the street developed and they have a quality in their own right.

Reference 07/0053/LOCAL Information: Name and address 5-8 Tynemouth Place This street is early 19th century, early development Tynemouth of Tynemouth. It is situated at the entry point to Tyne And Wear Village and displays restrained Tynemouth NE30 4BJ character. The terrace consists of two storey, two Ward Tynemouth bay units with Tuscan doorpieces. No.5 has an early Date c. early 19th century example of street sign. No.9 is on the national list. Conservation Area Tynemouth Village Current use Residential

Reference 07/0054/LOCAL Information: Name and address 1-6 Old Coastguard Cottages This is an interesting group of buildings with a Spanish Battery historical connection to the volunteer life brigade. Tynemouth The communal washhouse at end of terrace is an Tyne And Wear interesting building. NE30 4DD The brick terrace dates from the early 20th Ward Tynemouth century. Also within this entry is the sandstone Date 1892 and c.early 20th century property with varied roof form along with the Conservation Area Tynemouth Village former Rocket House with 1892 date stone. Current use Residential

Reference 07/0055/LOCAL Information: Name and address 6-7-8 Tynemouth Terrace This is a large, imposing building in a good position. It has Tynemouth good stone detailing and feature bay windows. This Tyne And Wear street is one of the earliest in Tynemouth and some of NE30 4BH the buildings are on the national list. Ward Tynemouth Date c.1850s Conservation Area Tynemouth Village Current use Residential

Reference 07/0056/LOCAL Information: Name and address 1 Warkworth Terrace This is the largest and grandest building on the Tynemouth street, with a good setting facing the sea. It also Tyne And Wear has the unique feature of a glazed Spanish NE30 4ES terrace. The ground for this street was laid out by Ward Tynemouth the Duke of Northumberland in 1868. Date c.1860s Conservation Area Tynemouth Village Current use Residential

Reference 07/0057/LOCAL Information: Name and address 22, 24, 26, 28 Lovaine Row Despite some modernisation, this is good Tynemouth survival of old Tynemouth Village (Tynemouth Tyne And Wear Farm). NE30 4HF No. 6 Well Close is on the national list. Ward Tynemouth Date c.mid to late 18th century Conservation Area Tynemouth Village Current use Residential

Reference 07/0058/LOCAL Information: Name and address Pickering House Permission was granted in 2001 to convert this 1 Pier Road from a presbytery to five flats. The building has had Tynemouth a number of names over the years including Tyne Tyne And Wear Villa, Martyr's Peace and Bishop's House. This is an NE30 4DQ interesting shaped building with a good history. Ward Tynemouth During WWII a German bomber dropped a sea Date Late 19th century mine intended for the river mouth, which exploded Conservation Area Tynemouth Village on Pier Road (16.4.41 at 4.10am) and did great Current use Residential damage to this corner of Tynemouth, demolishing the houses and shops opposite the Gibraltar Rock, and doing great damage to the Bishop's House, (as a result of which the bishops of St. Oswin's Church have since lived in Newcastle).

Reference 07/0059/LOCAL Information: Name and address 1-4 Spanish Battery The Spanish Battery was built 1545 by Henry Tynemouth VIII as part of the curtain wall of Tynemouth Tyne And Wear Castle - with the gun battery manned by NE30 4DB Spanish Mercenaries - hence the name. The Ward Tynemouth original walls were demolished over the years Date 1895 and now only the tops of concrete 20th Conservation Area Tynemouth Village century gun emplacements can now be seen. Current use Residential These buildings are a smart brick terrace, with darker brick string courses, stone detailing and intact tall chimneys. They have a great setting and a good history, with a war/maritime connection.

Reference 07/0060/LOCAL Information: Name and address 38 Percy Park The Duke of Northumberland laid the land for Tynemouth Percy Park around 1868 and the majority of the Tyne And Wear street was built piecemeal throughout the 1870s. NE30 4JX Five residents were recorded in the 1871 Census Ward Tynemouth and many more in 1886 records; these were Date c.1870s wealthy residents such as ship owners, lawyers, Conservation Area Tynemouth Village etc. It is a good street with great townscape due to Current use Residential the open space in front. Exhibitions and entertainments were often held on this land, and in the times between these events, cattle were grazed there. No.38 is the best example of a property in the street with good retention of original features.

Reference 07/0061/LOCAL Information: Name and address 3 Northumberland Terrace Good street, shown on the 2nd edition OS map. Tynemouth No.3 is the best example of a property in the street Tyne And Wear with good retention of original features. NE30 4BA Ward Tynemouth Date Late 19th century Conservation Area Tynemouth Village Current use Residential

Reference 07/0062/LOCAL Information: Name and address 10 Priors Terrace Big muscular properties and a good-looking street, Tynemouth shown on the 2nd edition OS map. No.10 is the best Tyne And Wear example of a property in the street with good NE30 4BE retention of original features, although this has Ward Tynemouth recently been compromised with the insertion of Date Late 19th century unauthorised upvc windows in one of the flats. Conservation Area Tynemouth Village Current use Residential

Reference 07/0063/LOCAL Information: Name and address The Villa This building dates from around 1857. It is a two The Green storey, three bay building with the central bay Wallsend being recessed. It has a hipped roof with Tyne And Wear overhanging eaves. It has a Tuscan stone doorcase, NE28 7PH and at ground floor level, a three-light window in Ward Wallsend the easterly bay and a three-sided bay window in Date c.1857 the westerly bay. Conservation Area The Green, Wallsend Current use Residential

Reference 07/0064/LOCAL Information: Name and address Park Villas Built after 1897 to replace The Red House, which had Wallsend been demolished late 1890s. These homes are good Tyne And Wear quality, well cared for and intact. NE28 7NW Ward Wallsend Date c.1897 Conservation Area The Green, Wallsend Current use Residential

Reference 07/0065/LOCAL Information: Name and address Hawthorn Villas Built after 1897 to replace The Red House, which Wallsend had been demolished late 1890s. These homes are Tyne And Wear good quality, well cared for and intact. NE28 7NT Ward Wallsend Date c.1897 Conservation Area The Green, Wallsend Current use Residential

Reference 07/0066/LOCAL Information: Name and address Highfield House An impressive, very grand looking detached 31 Kings Road South residence, which was individually designed and built Wallsend in 1902 by Robert Richardson Dees for his nephew Tyne And Wear Robert Irwin Dees and his wife, Edith. Robert Irwin NE28 7QZ Dees (later to be Mayor of Wallsend) left Highfield in Ward Wallsend 1908, to move into Wallsend Hall following the death Date 1902 of R.R. Dees. Development in the 1950s led to the Conservation Area n/a property being divided into a two-storey home and Current use Residential four apartments. W.M. Richardson, local historian, who wrote "History of Wallsend", lived here.

Reference 07/0067/LOCAL Information: Name and address 89-96 Village Court Plus 1 & 2 The Clock In 1877, it felt there was a need to establish an Tower institution for the reception and training of little Whitley Bay girls who were either orphans or destitute. In Tyne And Wear 1879, the Duke of Northumberland provided the NE26 3QB site. Wealthy local benefactors made the costs Ward Whitley Bay possible. Work commenced in 1879 and the Date c. late 19th/early 20th century Northumberland Village Homes were completed Conservation Area n/a in 1908. The institution was certified in 1879 for Current use Residential 140 girls and re-certified in 1924/1925 for 120 girls. Some of the girls who lived here were described as "fallen" and had kept bad company. Some were even exported to Canada. It would also take in small boys. From 1933 it became an Approved School for 120 children. It ceased to operate as a home in the mid-1980s. In 1987, permission was granted to convert the site to a modern housing area called Village Court. Local Register status only applies to the original Northumberland Village Homes buildings.

Reference 07/0068/LOCAL Information: Name and address Marden House This house is shown on the 1st edition OS map Marden Road South and would appear to be the oldest surviving Whitley Bay property in this area of the Borough. It is a two Tyne And Wear storey, five bay property with a pitched slat roof. NE25 8PN The property has been rendered. The doorway is Ward Whitley Bay in the central bay with a castellated porch. A Date c. early 19th century stone wall surrounds the property, with an Conservation Area n/a impressive castellated gate surround. It is set back Current use Residential from Broadway on what was the original main road and was at the heart of Marden Village. The quarry nearby was used for magnesium and limestone, and was part of the North Shields waterworks. It is now a popular nature reserve.

Reference 07/0069/LOCAL Information: Name and address 103 To 108 The Links These buildings are great, rare examples of highly Whitley Bay stylised art deco properties, with features Tyne And Wear including rendered elevations, curved corners, NE26 4NQ clean lines and balconies. They contrast with the Ward St. Mary’s more traditional in appearance adjacent semis, Date c.1930s which were actually built later than nos.103-108. Conservation Area n/a Some alteration has occurred but they still Current use Residential process sufficient interest to warrant Local Register status.

Reference 07/0070/LOCAL Information: Name and address 31 To 37 (odds) Craneswater Avenue These buildings are great, rare examples of highly Whitley Bay stylised art deco properties, with features Tyne And Wear including rendered elevations, curved corners and NE26 4NN clean lines. They contrast with the more Ward St. Mary’s traditional in appearance adjacent properties, Date c.1930s which were built later than these properties. Conservation Area n/a Some alteration has occurred but they still process Current use Residential sufficient interest to warrant Local Register status. These buildings run behind the similar properties on The Links, and although are smaller, they are still special.

Reference 07/0071/LOCAL Information: Name and address 11A Shaftesbury Avenue A great, rare example of a highly stylised art deco Whitley Bay property. It is three storeys with rendered Tyne And Wear elevations, curved corners and clean lines. It NE26 3TD contrasts with the more traditional in Ward Monkseaton North appearance adjacent properties, some of which Date c.1930s were built later than this property. Conservation Area n/a Current use Residential

Reference 07/0072/LOCAL Information: Name and address 12-34 (evens) Victoria Terrace Unusual properties that appear similar to Whitley Bay Sunderland Cottages. The ground floor is half Tyne And Wear sunken and the front door is up steps at first floor NE26 2QW level. In additional to their unusual form, they form Ward Whitley Bay an attractive set piece with bay windows and Date Late 19th century round headed fanlights. Conservation Area n/a Current use Residential

Reference 07/0073/LOCAL Information: Name and address Buttress House These former workshops were built in two Brenkley Way phases, the earliest probably dating from the Blezard Business Park sinking of Seaton Burn Colliery in 1844. The Seaton Burn remaining extensions date from the period 1899- NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE 1922. The workshops contained stores, NE13 6DS blacksmiths', plumbers', fitters' and joiners' shop. Ward Weetslade In 1991, the Tyne and Wear Building Preservation Date c. late 19th/early 20th century Trust restored the workshops as units. This Conservation Area n/a building has seen some good restoration and has Current use Office/workshop good historical association.

Reference 07/0075/LOCAL Information: Name and address Dove Marine Laboratory In 1897 the Northumberland Sea Fisheries Committee Cullercoats Bay Road Leading Onto and Armstrong College, Newcastle, had worked Beach together to open the Marine Zoology Department, to Cullercoats study the coastal waters with special reference to the Tyne And Wear development and improvement of the local fishing NE30 4PZ industry. On the 28th March 1904 the original Marine Ward Cullercoats Laboratory was gutted by fire. It had been a fairly small Date 1908 wooden shed at one end of the old-established Salt Conservation Area Cullercoats Water Baths. With the destruction of their work, the Current use Research/education Marine Zoology Department approached the local landowner, Wilfrid H. Hudleston, in 1906, and he agreed not only to make the site of the Baths available for a new, larger, Laboratory, but also offered to finance its construction. Mr Hudleston was a scientist himself, although his interests lay primarily in ornithology and geology. He was reluctant to publicise his generosity and asked that the building be named after one of his ancestors, Eleanor Dove. The Doves had owned Arnold's Close in 1621; this was the field that later became the village of Cullercoats. The Dove Marine Laboratory was opened in 1908 and has been associated with the University of Newcastle since 1976.

Reference 07/0076/LOCAL Information: Name and address Gatehouse To Sterling Pharma Solutions Important local architects Ryder and Yates Sterling Place designed this concrete structure, which is an Dudley unusual feature in the street scene. The NORTHUMBERLAND structure has similarities to the gateway to the NE23 7QG Ryder and Yates’s grade II* listed Engineering Ward Weetslade Research Station in Killingworth. Date 1972 Conservation Area n/a Current use Commercial

Reference 07/0077/LOCAL Information: Name and address Henson Service Centre This building is the former Lions Brush Works. It Comet Row was designed by important local architects Ryder Stephenson Industrial Estate and Yates and has group value with the other Killingworth such nearby buildings. The factory area of the NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE building was built capable of extension. The NE12 6RZ main elevation was all of brick, with clerestory Ward Camperdown lighting, and given added visual interest by Date 1964 projecting display windows at ground-floor level. Conservation Area n/a Current use Workshop

Reference 07/0078/LOCAL Information: Name and address Caley Fisheries Ships Chandlers Built in 1913 by John W. Meadows as a store for R. Tanners Bank Hastie and Sons. The building is an early example North Shields of a concrete property; it was constructed in Tyne And Wear reinforced concrete to avoid a repeat of the fire NE30 1JH that had destroyed their previous building. Ward Tynemouth Date 1913 Conservation Area Fish Quay Current use Commercial

Reference 07/0079/LOCAL Information: Name and address 131 Bedford Street This was built in 1874 to the designs of F. R. North Shields N. Haswell, a prolific local architect. The Tyne And Wear building has two plaques, one inscribed with NE29 6NT 1874, the other with 1896, both with the Ward Riverside monogram T.G. The building works with the Date 1874 topography of the site and rises up the hill. Conservation Area Fish Quay The building consists of two units linked by a Current use Commercial continuous stone cornice above the 1st floor level. The two units are a five bay convex fronted unit attached to an eight bay concave fronted unit. There is an 1896 iron foundry attached to rear of building.

Reference 07/0080/LOCAL Information: Name and address Formica Ltd West Chirton Industrial The Formica factory main building at North Estate Middle Shields goes back to Formica's 1946 UK and Norham Road North European roots. The factory opened without North Shields ceremony in 1947, and Formica production Tyne And Wear began in 1948. In November 1976 they merged NE29 8RE with Arborite, on the opposite side of the Coast Ward Collingwood Road. The building is in a classic 1930s-style and Date c.1947 is a good period piece. Conservation Area n/a Current use Factory

Reference 07/0082/LOCAL Information: Name and address Boat House and attached former The building is on the 1st edition OS map. The morgue Morgue was added to the old Lifeboat house Tynemouth Sailing Club Storage Hut (believed to be in 1864) to hold the bodies of those Priors Haven found drowned. It is an interesting old building with Tynemouth good history. Tyne And Wear NE30 4DG Ward Tynemouth Date c.mid 19th century Conservation Area Tynemouth Village Current use Storage

Reference 07/0084/LOCAL Information: Name and address Willington Mill Constructed around 1805, this is a four-storey Ropery Lane brick-built corn mill with a curved roof, which was Wallsend originally seven storeys. Willington Mill was one Tyne And Wear of the first steam-powered mills in Europe. It is NE28 6TT understood that many Victorians regarded it as Ward Riverside the most haunted building in the North of the Date Early 19th century Country. This is the only remaining building of age Conservation Area n/a in the area and has a lot of local sentiment. Current use Commercial

Reference 07/0085/LOCAL Information: Name and address Tesco Chimney This was part of a Ministry of Supply factory during West Chirton Industrial Estate South WWII. It is a well-known landmark for the many Norham Road Coast Road users. North Shields Tyne And Wear NE29 7UJ Ward Chirton Date c.1940s Conservation Area n/a Current use Retail

Reference 07/0086/LOCAL Information: Name and address Ritz Buildings Opened 9th November 1936 as a cinema. Converted Forest Hall Road to a Bingo Hall in 1961 and still is today. The building Forest Hall was damaged by air raids during WWII. The seats NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE inside run at right angles to the road, the screen end NE12 7AX being to the right hand side of the building (as viewed Ward Benton from Forest Hall Road). This arrangement was Date 1936 adopted to save the housing behind when it was Conservation Area n/a constructed. Built in the Modern style, it has seen Current use Bingo Hall some alteration but is an unusual building that is rare.

Reference 07/0087/LOCAL Information: Name and address Tynemouth Open Air Pool Opened 27 June 1925 arising from a long-running Longsands Road Leading Onto South End campaign following the annual loss of life Of Beach amongst Victorian and Edwardian trippers Tynemouth unused to the cold and the currents of the North Tyne And Wear Sea. It was originally built without provision for changing rooms. The pavilion at the cliffside was Ward Tynemouth not opened until 2 July 1927. The queue to use Date 1925 the pool often stretched along the Grand Parade. Conservation Area Tynemouth Village Users entered through a turnstile. 'Miss Current use Vacant Tynemouth' and 'Bonny Bairns' competitions took place. The open-air swimming pool was been filled in to create a rock pool in 1996 but is largely disused. The pool now acts to protect the beach and cliff from further erosion.

Reference 07/0089/LOCAL Information: Name and address The Ritz The building was originally designed as the Ritz High Street West cinema which opened on 15 May 1939 with Jackie Wallsend Cooper in “Gangster’s Boy”. Built for the Tyne And Wear Associated British Cinemas (ABC) chain, it was NE28 8JD designed by the noted firm of Percy L. Browne, Ward Wallsend Son and Harding who were fairly prolific in Date 1939 cinema design in the north east of England. It had Conservation Area n/a total seating capacity for 1,636, with 1,092 in the Current use Public house stalls and 544 in the circle. The Ritz Cinema closed on 8 September 1962 and was converted to bingo club operated by Mecca Bingo. The Mecca Bingo Club was closed on 9 October 2011. In 2015 it reopened as a public house and the name returned to “The Ritz”. This building has a very interesting Art Deco, jazz age design that stands out amongst its neighbours on the High Street.

Reference 07/0090/LOCAL Information: Name and address Rendezvous Cafe This cafe is on the 4th edition OS map and appears Dukes Walk to be mostly unchanged since then, with a great Whitley Bay nostalgic feel. This building has an important Tyne And Wear relationship with the seafront and is a great NE26 3PP reminder of Whitley Bay's heyday as a seaside Ward Monkseaton North resort. Date c.1930s Conservation Area n/a Current use Café

Reference 07/0092/LOCAL Information: Name and address Coliseum Building The Coliseum, advertised as a new theatre and 248 Whitley Road variety hall, was built in the garden of Whitley Whitley Bay House, then the Unionist Club, by Mr William Tyne And Wear Smelt and opened in May 1910. The Whitley NE26 2TE Seaside Chronicle gave the following report of the Ward Whitley Bay new venue: "the interior is spacious, and the roof, Date c.1910 panelled and ornamental, is lofty, and well Conservation Area n/a provided with ventilators. At either side of the Current use Retail/office stage a couple of boxes, roomy enough each to accommodate ten persons, are provided, and in common with the proscenium and the front of the side balconies, are finely ornamented with embossed Olsina and coloured in pink and cream. Altogether the effect of the interior is very pleasing". It was extensively altered in 1919, in a cinema conversion, and again in 1929, when it joined the ABC chain. It remained a cinema until 1971 when it was converted into a bingo hall. The principal elevation building now houses shops and offices, whilst the wider site has been redeveloped to accommodate the Whitley Bay Customer First Centre. The building has a great faience and the new shop fronts don't affect the whole building too badly.

Reference 07/0093/LOCAL Information: Name and address Rex Hotel A 70-bedroom hotel, although it had quite small Promenade beginnings. A list of planning applications first Whitley Bay notes the Waverley Hotel Company on the 12th Tyne And Wear of December 1906. At first it was one of a chain NE26 2RL of temperance hotels. Gradually, over ten years, Ward Whitley bay the Waverley Hotel swallowed up the Date c.1906 neighbouring houses on the Promenade, and the Conservation Area n/a vacant land up South Parade. A pamphlet the Current use Vacant management issued in the early 1920s described the Waverley as one of the largest and most up to date private residential hotels on the North East coast. It had at that time about 150 bedrooms, its own heated garage and a private tennis court. In 1937 the hotel obtained a license to sell alcohol for the first time, and about the same time changed its name to the Rex Hotel. It was once home to a popular folk club. A host of well known musicians played here in the early days of their careers, including Gerry Rafferty, Billy Connolly, Ralph McTell and local legends Lindisfarne, who played at the club's 1970 Christmas Party following the release of their first album, "Nicely Out of Tune". This building has a big impact and a good roofscape.

Reference 07/0095/LOCAL Information: Name and address Search Light This obscured, unusual feature once formed part Priors Haven of a searchlight, dating from around 1902. It is a Tynemouth reminder of the area’s maritime past. Tyne And Wear Ward Tynemouth Date 1902 Conservation Area Tynemouth Village Current use Redundant structure

Reference 07/0096/LOCAL Information: Name and address Backworth Miners Welfare Hall Ralph Grey, a Newcastle merchant, first bought land Gardens at Backworth in the spring of 1628. He added to his Station Road estate, until by 1664 he owned six of the ten farms in Backworth the Township. H. H. E. Craster's history of the NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE Chapelry of Earsdon notes that he was then able to NE27 0AH force a division of the land on the remaining yeomen. Ward Valley The older farmers remained on open land, whilst the Date Late 18th century southern part of Backworth was enclosed by Mr Conservation Area Backworth Village Grey. The family continued to buy, and Ralph's Current use Hall grounds with sports use grandson, William Grey, acquired the last of the farms on 26th April 1707. The estate was sold to the Duke of Northumberland in 1822, and the Greys left. Backworth House became home, amongst others, to the Rev William King; Hugh Taylor, MP; George Forster and John Jameson, engineers; George Allison; Wasteneys Smith; and Robert S. Urwin. According to Craster the first hall was built in 1675 and the present Hall built in 1792. There is a discrepancy here; the Backworth Collieries Miners' Welfare Scheme bought the hall in 1934 and in their opening brochure (of 11th December 1937), they stated that Backworth House was built between 1778 and 1780. The grounds as identified now are presumed to date from the building of the current hall. The architect is noted as William Newton, and the builder was believed to be John Blenkinsop. The well-wooded gardens cover an area of around 85 acres and there are remnants of the 18th century grounds. The gardens are well loved by their users. 85

Reference 07/0098/LOCAL Information: Name and address Backworth Green This has significance as the historic village green Backworth of Backworth. It provides a good setting for the NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE war memorial. 'The Place Names of Ward Valley Northumberland' by Allen Mawer records that Date c. late 18th century the first mention of Backworth in official Conservation Area Backworth Village documents was in the year of 1271. The Current use Village green derivation of the name is in the Old English 'worth', meaning the homestead, or the surrounding enclosure of an individual named Bacca, presumably one of the earliest settlers. The early settlement consisted of two hamlets, East and West Backworth, the former represented by the modern village, the latter on a site near West Farm on the road west out of the village. The green is evident on the 1st edition OS map but is likely to pre-date it, based on the ages of the adjacent properties (The Old Cottage, late 18th century; Dukes Cottages, c.1840).

Reference 07/0099/LOCAL Information: Name and address Chirton Green This has significance as the historic village green North Shields of Chirton. It is noted as Chirton Green on the 2nd Tyne And Wear edition OS map. It provides a good setting for the Ward Chirton Ralph Gardiner Memorial Obelisk, which is grade Date c.1882 II listed and was erected in 1882. It is assumed Conservation Area n/a the Green was established at that time. Ralph th Current use Green space Gardiner is a 17 century pioneer of free trade on the river, whose cottage stood opposite.

Reference 07/0100/LOCAL Information: Name and address Springfield Park A neighbourhood park established circa 1940s. The Forest Hall park has bowling greens, tennis courts, a play site, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE gardens, a community centre and a Day Care Nursery. Ward Benton An important piece of open space in a built-up area Date c.1940s that is well-loved by locals. Conservation Area n/a Current use Park

Reference 07/0101/LOCAL Information: Name and address Killingworth Lake And Park The lake and park was established around West Bailey 1964. The lake itself is the result of mining Killingworth subsidence beginning around 1920, and spoil NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE heaps were levelled, seeded and planted with NE12 6YG semi-mature trees. The lake and park Ward Camperdown/Killingworth contribute to the original planning ethos of Date 1964 Killingworth Township - a castle town set in a Conservation Area n/a parkland landscape approached by a Current use Park and lake causeway over a lake, as a drawbridge crosses a moat. Today, swans, ducks and local wildlife live around the two lakes that span the main road into Killingworth. The lake is kept well stocked with fish and an angling club and model boating club use the lakes regularly. When the lake is full it is about 1.5 ft deep at the sides and slopes down to about 6.4 ft deep.

Reference 07/0102/LOCAL Information: Name and address Preston Cemetery In 1850 the threatened closure of the parish burial Walton Avenue ground led the Council to buy land outside North North Shields Shields. The cemetery was laid out to provide Tyne And Wear wooded walks, and opened in 1856. Anglican and NE29 9NJ Nonconformist chapels were built near the centre. Ward Preston A stone lodge is by the entrance on Walton Date 1856 Avenue. This entrance has particularly ornate tall Conservation Area n/a stone gate piers. The Anglican chapel was adapted Current use Cemetery to contain a crematorium in 1959. This cemetery is interesting in the fact that it was the first burial board in the area. The cemetery has mature tree cover and good landscape.

Reference 07/0103/LOCAL Information: Name and address Northumberland Park During the recession of the 1880s, a Tynemouth King Edward Road alderman, John Foster-Spence approached the Tynemouth Duke of Northumberland for a piece of land suitable Tyne And Wear for a park. His idea was to provide work for NE30 2ET unemployed shipbuilders and create a facility for Ward Tynemouth the town. The land donated was at Spital Dene and Date 1885 work began on the landscaping of the area by Conservation Area Tynemouth Village December 1884. The Duke of Northumberland Current use Park opened the park in August 1885 and he planted a Turkey Oak, which still survives. Mr. Gomozinski, the Borough Surveyor, designed the park. The townspeople were very proud of their park and showed this in the contributions that were made. Donations included an owl, a silver pheasant and a collection of parrots to be housed in one of a number of aviaries in the park. In 1897, a local Councillor offered an alligator for the lake. A brochure produced by the Tynemouth and North Shields Corporation in 1923 described the park as "a perfect paradise". This is a good example of a Victorian park. It has in recent years benefitted from grant funding that has allowed for the restoration of several structures and landscaping features.

Reference 07/0104/LOCAL Information: Name and address Chirton Dene And Redburn Dene Two small parks created on brownfield land in a Parks formerly derelict and deprived area in North Shields North Shields as part of the much larger Royal Quays Tyne And Wear regeneration project. The parks are lushly Ward Riverside traditional at first sight, but closer examination Date c.1990s reveals exciting and innovative elements, which Conservation Area n/a interject art and poetry into their design. Redburn Current use Park Dene: This was once one of the main rail corridors down to the coal staithes from the coalfields in Northumberland. The large timbers used to form the carved columns were reclaimed from the nearby redundant coal staithes, these along with the large boulders form the rugged landscape. Chirton Dene: The dene was infilled when the Albert Edward Dock was constructed in 1880s and this park reintroduces water as its central theme. Water appears first as a mountain stream, then reed beds, central pool and finally a series of cascades before entering the Albert Edward Dock. These two parks are great examples of late 20th century landscapes. They are a lasting legacy from the Tyne and Wear Development Corporation.

Reference 07/0105/LOCAL Information: Name and address Northumberland Square Northumberland Square and Howard Street are North Shields undoubtedly the flagship developments of North Tyne And Wear Shields 'new town', laid out in the Georgian tradition Ward Tynemouth and pre-dating Newcastle's Grainger Town by over a Date c. early 19th century quarter of a century. The Earl of Carlisle owned the Conservation Area Northumberland Square land, which he sold on to John Wright in 1796. Wright Current use Park was able to plan an ambitious townscape that included a grand processional way starting at the dramatic bank top edge and terminating in an elegant Georgian square. Northumberland Square's central gardens are pivotal to the conservation area's late Georgian development pattern and are as important to its civic status as the landmark buildings. Indeed the relationship between the gardens and the buildings around them is crucial, one providing a setting to the other; the Church of St. Columba in particular benefits from this. The gardens are also a rare tract of large green space in the town centre and so should also be prized for their amenity and potential ecological value. The gardens would originally have been a private communal area of ornamental walks for use by residents of the houses around. Rook's 1827 plan shows the gardens laid out with four entrances, one centrally on each side, and an elaborate symmetrical pattern of curvaceous paths, also shown on the 1st edition OS (1865). Subsequent OS plans reveal a gradual erosion of this layout from the inside out and, although a 1970s aerial photo indicates a symmetrical layout somewhat reflecting the historic one, today's layout is informal, organic and with no symmetry. 93

Reference 07/0106/LOCAL Information: Name and address Tynemouth Green This space has historic associations as a village green. It Front Street is been somewhat urbanised and defined but it is still a Tynemouth good pocket park and is attractive and popular. It is Tyne And Wear home to two listed war memorials and features Ward Tynemouth pathways, seating and flower beds. Date c.late18th century Finished in April 2003, refurbishment works to the Conservation Area Tynemouth Village Green included replacing the tarmac on the paths with Current use Park hardwearing 'bound gravel'. The concrete slabs in front of Queen Victoria (erected October 1902) were replaced with hand-riven York stone and granite setts. Six new trees were planted. Queen Victoria's setting was restored with historically accurate iron railings (based on historic photos), repaired stone plinths and reinstated steps.

Reference 07/0107/LOCAL Information: Name and address Tynemouth Park In 1890 Tynemouth Council negotiated with the Grand Parade Duke of Northumberland for the lease of a plot of Tynemouth seven acres of land between the North Eastern Tyne And Wear Railway and the Grand Parade at Tynemouth. They NE30 4JL opened a new recreation ground there in 1893, Ward Tynemouth with a large pond, three bowling greens, and Date 1893 ornamental gardens with a bandstand. The large Conservation Area Cullercoats pavilion and tennis courts did not come into Current use Park existence until 1930, after more land was leased from the Duke. The opening of Tynemouth Park attracted a number of model boat enthusiasts. A Tynemouth Model Yacht Club was formed, and one of the first buildings planned for Tynemouth Park was their boathouse. The introduction of rowing boats in 1908 enraged them so much that they called on the Duke of Northumberland's agent for aid. He forced Tynemouth Council to set aside longer hours when the Club might have exclusive use of the lake. There is good social history here- model boat making was often a pursuit of those involved in shipbuilding.

Reference 07/0108/LOCAL Information: Name and address The Hall Grounds including Victorian There has been a Hall at this site for around 400 flued wall and grotto years. The current building is believed to date Kings Road South from the early 19th Century and is a nationally Wallsend listed building. It has been a residence for many Tyne And Wear Mayors and chief families of Wallsend. When he Ward Wallsend bought the Hall in 1914, G. B. Hunter presented Date c. early 19th century 9.75 acres to the Council for public land; this Conservation Area The Green, Wallsend land is what is now known as The Hall Grounds. Current use Park He donated the remainder of the estate, including the Hall, in 1916. G. B. Hunter was a manager of Swan Hunter shipyard and donated a great deal of time and money to the community of Wallsend. He was elected Mayor of the Wallsend Township in 1902 and made a Freeman of the Borough of Wallsend on 24th May 1911. Was created a Knight Commander of the British Empire in 1918 for his work during the War.

Reference 07/0111/LOCAL Information: Name and address Richardson Dees Park and Arboretum In 1897, local solicitor and benefactor Robert North Road Richardson Dees donated fourteen acres of his Wallsend Hall estate to the Urban District Council for use as Tyne And Wear a park. The land was the site of the Wallsend C pit. NE28 8RH The park was opened on 4th June 1900, yet it Ward Northumberland/Wallsend would be decades before the name of which Date 1900 changed from Wallsend Park to its current name. Conservation Area The Green, Wallsend G. B. Hunter, shipyard owner, local benefactor Current use Park and eventual Mayor and Sir, opened the park. The opening saw the largest ever assembly witnessed at a public event in Wallsend. This is a good quality municipal park, which has benefitted from grant funding and improvements in recent years.

Reference 07/0112/LOCAL Information: Name and address Whitley New Cemetery Good whole package of buildings and landscape. The Links The cemetery is on the 3rd edition OS. The chapel Whitley Bay and the crematorium in the cemetery are grade Tyne And Wear II* listed. Edward Cratney of Newcastle designed NE26 4NH these in 1913. Ward St. Mary’s Date c.1913 Conservation Area n/a Current use Cemetery

Reference 07/0113/LOCAL Information: Name and address Panama Gardens In October 1932 Whitley & Monkseaton Urban The Links District Council discussed a scheme for "Sunk Whitley Bay gardens on the Links between Watts Road and Tyne And Wear Panama House" to provide a recreational area Ward Monkseaton North sheltered from the sea breezes. The minute book Date 1930s notes that the Surveyor reported as to how this Conservation Area n/a work could be carried out by voluntary labour so as Current use Gardens not to interfere with the men's' unemployment benefit. There were opponents to the scheme. Some local residents wanted the Links left open, and some councillors favoured a revenue creating facility, especially a miniature golf course. On 19th January 1933 a Voluntary Contribution Scheme held an inaugural public meeting. They pledged to set 20 men to work on a £1,000 scheme for sunken gardens near Watts Slope and Panama Dip. Severe frost delayed breaking ground, but the men were sent to Briar Dene, to dig out stones for the rockeries. The neighbouring café had occupied the dene or the 'dip' since late 1890s. It was built by Stephen Fry- senior diver on the Panama Canal during his youth. Sunken gardens were traditional in seaside locations. The Panama Gardens show the influence of Thomas Mawson, one of the most prolific garden designers of his era.

Reference 07/0118/LOCAL Information: Name and address Prince Of Wales There are a few bars famous worldwide among sailors on Liddell Street the Quayside; one is the Prince of Wales outside of North Shields which stands the famous Wooden Dolly, which was first Tyne And Wear raised in about 1814. The original Wooden Dolly has long NE30 1HE since gone and been replaced many times due to the Ward Tynemouth habit of sailors cutting a piece off to keeping it in their Date 1927 pockets for good luck while at sea. The current dolly was Conservation Area Fish Quay made in 1992. This is the sixth dolly in North Shields: a Current use Public House copy of the third. The pub itself is a 1927 rebuild of a previous pub on the site. The architect was F. R. N. Haswell and Son. There has been a pub on the site since the 1600s. The brickwork incorporates the lintel of the doorway of the Press Gang Headquarters, bearing the date of 1674. The pub is surrounded by new development but has kept its traditional style both externally and internally. It has been at risk of demolition or redevelopment a few times but has survived.

100

Reference 07/0119/LOCAL Information: Name and address The Crane House Originally a malting house for one of the watering Duke Street holes in the area, this version of the pub was built in North Shields 1905 and was known as the Crane Hotel (or Crane Tyne And Wear House) until renamed The Chain Locker in 1986. The NE29 6HB plans for the pub were submitted in 1904 by Joseph Ward Riverside Oswald and Son for Newcastle Breweries. This Date 1905 building is another example of a North Shields pub Conservation Area New Quay with a fine tiled faience. Permission was granted in Current use Residential March 2005 to be converted into flats; this included retaining some of the original building and extending at the rear. Note that Local Register status only applies to the original public house part of the building.

101

Reference 07/0120/LOCAL Information: Name and address The Pub and Kitchen Plans by William Hope of Newcastle in 1897. At this 13 - 14 Albion Road time the pub was owned by Alexander Deuchar Esq. North Shields The pub was once known as Church House and Tyne And Wear consists of at least three different buildings. The NE30 2RJ principle three bay frontage has the central bay Ward Riverside terminating with a triangular pediment, which is Date c. late 19th century echoed on the ground floor windows. The setting of Conservation Area Northumberland Square this pub is within its surroundings is important, and Current use Public House there is nothing else like it in the area.

102

Reference 07/0121/LOCAL Information: Name and address Berwick Arms Rebuilt in 1891 by the Oswald practice, altered 1900 Trinity Street and the yellow, green and brown faience was added North Shields around 1913. The façade was even more impressive Tyne And Wear in its original form, when the blank window in the NE29 6LZ upper floor was filled by a coloured faience plaque Ward Riverside advertising Bell and Taylor; this plaque may still Date c. late 19th/early 20th century remain under the present boarding. There was an Conservation Area n/a elaborate corner porch, with a decorative floral Current use Residential pattern and has heads of dragons worked into the spandrels, although these details have been lost, possibly when converted to residential use. The pub is considered the best of several early 20th century pubs in North Shields and is said to have been a favourite of local author Robert Westall. It has been hemmed in by 1980s development, so has survived some redevelopment over the years.

103

Reference 07/0124/LOCAL Information: Name and address Garricks Head Designed in 1898 by F. R. N. Haswell for brewer W. 44 - 52 Saville Street B. Reid, this pub has an example of a yellow and North Shields brown faience facade used in an unusual Tyne And Wear combination with brown glazed bricks below ground NE30 1NT floor window level. The very good Dutch gables also Ward Riverside add to the quality of this building. Only the red brick Date 1898 part of the pub is of interest. Conservation Area n/a Current use Public House

104

Reference 07/0126/LOCAL Information: Name and address Wolsington House There has been a licensed house on this site since Dock Road Industrial Estate at least 1834. This building was designed by North Burdon Main Row Shields architect John Spencer and built in 1902 North Shields for the Tynemouth innkeeper A. N. Dodds to cater Tyne And Wear for the expanding port of North Shields. It is a tall, NE29 6SU two-storey red building with a wooden corner Ward Riverside tower and decorative shaped Dutch gables. The Date 1902 most striking feature of the elevation is the river- Conservation Area n/a facing gable, which not only has a pediment Current use Vacant topped with a giant fleur-de-lis but also a large terracotta plaque set just below it. The building has retained its original iron railings. It is a fine example of turn of the century idiosyncrasy in pub style. It is an important part of architectural and social history. The topography of the area allows this building to stand proud, with its distinctive roof visible from a distance. This area is under redevelopment and the pub has lost its community. The building could, however, could be very nicely refurbished. Planning permission was granted in 2014 for a conversion to residential use but this is yet to be implemented and the building is being targeted by vandals.

105

Reference 07/0129/LOCAL Information: Name and address Cumberland Arms Red brick and faience Victorian gothic, built 1898 by 17 Front Street W. B. Reid and Co., designed by F. R. N. Haswell. Tynemouth There had previously been a pub on the site (built in Tyne And Wear the 1860s). The ground floor consists of three stone NE30 4DX ogee arches, above which is a decorative stone Ward Tynemouth frieze and three decorative tile panels, the central Date 1898 one incorporating the name. The third floor has a Conservation Area Tynemouth Village large ball-head dormer. Some internal changes in Current use Public House 1934, 1954, 1958 and in 1960, when the interior was dramatically changed with the removal of the original partitions. The front bar, does, however, remain in its original position and the exterior remains as original apart from the addition of some 1930s glazing. The building is very distinctive and recognisable, with an interesting mix of styles.

106

Reference 07/0130/LOCAL Information: Name and address Salutation Inn Coaching inn (as illustrated by the stables and Front Street manure pit that used to be in the yard), dating pre- Tynemouth 1790 and constructed out of two separate houses. Tyne And Wear The original collection of small rooms has been NE30 4BT changed to one large space (this was done some Ward Tynemouth time after 1964). Although the building as seen some Date c. mid 18th century recent external decoration, the general appearance Conservation Area Tynemouth Village remains the same as it was in Victorian times. The Current use Public House Salutation Inn has had a presence on this site possibly since the 17th century and has not changed in size or scale for at least 200 years.

107

Reference 07/0131/LOCAL Information: Name and address Dolphin Inn This pub has been present on this site for many King Edward Road years. The 1930s Tudor style is distinctive and there Tynemouth is nothing else in the borough like it. The building Tyne And Wear also features good chimney detailing. NE30 2SN Ward Tynemouth Date 1930s Conservation Area n/a Current use Public House

108

Reference 07/0132/LOCAL Information: Name and address Rising Sun Inn This building has an Arts and Crafts style with high Coast Road quality swept gables. This pub was specifically built to Wallsend serve a new community. When built, this pub was Tyne And Wear located on a reasonably quiet single lane road and NE28 9HP even had a zebra crossing leading to it- far removed Ward Northumberland from the Coast Road today. Date 1930s Conservation Area n/a Current use Public House

109

Reference 07/0133/LOCAL Information: Name and address Duke Of York This is a bulky three-storey building in neo-classical red 179 High Street West terracotta and red brick. Built early 1900s, replacing an Wallsend earlier, smaller inn of the same name. It was built when Tyne And Wear Wallsend was at the height of its economic powers; NE28 8JQ this is evident in its scale. It is very distinctive and Ward Wallsend stands out as the first large building on High Street Date Early 20th century from Newcastle. Also, there is a lack of terracotta pubs Conservation Area n/a in the region; Wallsend has two (this and The Rose Inn). Current use Public House

110

Reference 07/0134/LOCAL Information: Name and address The Anchor Former Anchor Inn; recently known as Last Orders and 166 High Street West Jimmy's, now The Anchor. Half-fluted pilasters with Wallsend Ionic capitals and acanthus leaf decoration made from Tyne And Wear encaustic tiling flank the doorway. Although much NE28 8HZ added to, this is a good, impressive building. Ward Wallsend Date c. early 20th century Conservation Area n/a Current use Public House

111

Reference 07/0135/LOCAL Information: Name and address Queen’s Head This is a nice looking building with its own charm. It 140 High Street West has not seen substantial alterations and retains a Wallsend traditional appearance. Tyne And Wear NE28 8HZ Ward Wallsend Date c. late 19th century Conservation Area n/a Current use Public House

112

Reference 07/0137/LOCAL Information: Name and address Manhattan’s This was built as one large building and has not 85 - 87 High Street West altered visually since. This pub was once called the Wallsend 'Black Bull Hotel'. It is a very impressive building Tyne And Wear that dominates that part of the street. It has good NE28 8JD stonework decoration throughout, bay windows Ward Wallsend and three pointed gables. The painting of the Date c. late 19th/early 20th century stonework at ground floor level is unfortunate but Conservation Area n/a it does not diminish the overall quality of this Current use Public House building.

113

Reference 07/0138/LOCAL Information: Name and address New Winning Tavern Large public house, formerly an inn, which was rebuilt in Church Bank 1894. The building has two storeys plus an attic, with Wallsend three bays to the main front and projecting corner bays Tyne And Wear on the first floor. This building has a style similar to NE28 7LE others built around the same time. Being situated alone Ward Wallsend on a bend in the road gives it a standout quality. It is a Date 1894 landmark building that signals the end of the town. It is Conservation Area n/a currently in a very poor condition. Current use Vacant

114

Reference 07/0140/LOCAL Information: Name and address Rose Inn An ornate two-storey public house, with nine bays to Rosehill Bank the ground floor and seven upstairs. Three entrance Wallsend doors are set symmetrically, with three tall windows Tyne And Wear between each. Domes cap the front two corners of the NE28 6TR pub. There was previously an "Old" Rose Inn; when it Ward Howdon closed on 6th February 1913, the license transferred to Date c.1913 the new building and hence the "New" Rose Inn can be Conservation Area n/a dated around this time. The Rose Inn is said to be Current use Public House haunted. It is a very ornate, landmark building that stands alone due to its location in the dene. Also, there is a lack of terracotta pubs in the region; Wallsend has two (this and The Duke of York).

115

Reference 07/0141/LOCAL Information: Name and address The Fat Ox The Fat Ox takes its name from an animal 278 Whitley Road immortalised by the Northumbrian engraver, Whitley Bay Thomas Bewick. When it was slaughtered, in Tyne And Wear 1789, it weighed in at 216 stones. It is said that NE26 2TG Edward Hall, who built Whitley Park Hall, had Ward Whitley Bay owned the beast. The present building may be Date 1923 the third Fat Ox on the site. An old copy of the Conservation Area n/a Guardian refers to the pub as having been a Current use Public House thatched building. Local trades directories note great many landlords over the years, but only one long term owner, John Buchanan, of the Hanover Square Brewery, who had the pub from the 1890s, through the 1920s, until it was taken over by Coope and Allsop. The Fat Ox was rebuilt in its present form in 1923. The building stands out on the street next to more "regular" buildings. It has good positioning: it can be clearly seen when entering Whitley Bay town centre.

116

Reference 07/0143/LOCAL Information: Name and address Travellers Rest The Travellers Rest is located on the main road Great North Road into Newcastle at Wideopen. Old OS maps Wideopen show that a Traveller’s Rest has been on this NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE site since at least the mid 19th century. This pub NE13 6LN is a 1930s building with the unusual feature of Ward Weetslade a large clock outside. This building compares Date 1930s with Black Bull and Rising Sun but has a more Conservation Area n/a integrated design and would have been the Current use Public House height of commercial chic when built. The building has a good position on the Great North Road. It makes a good contribution to the townscape, as the surrounding buildings are quite ordinary.

117

Reference 07/0146/LOCAL Information: Name and address Richardson Dees Primary School The first School Board for Wallsend and Willington High Street East Quay met in 1875, and decided to build one of the Wallsend first of its schools on land bought from Mr Tyne And Wear Richardson Dees. Richardson Dees School was NE28 7RT opened 24th February 1902 by the Mayor of Ward Wallsend Wallsend, Alderman William Boyd, for infants, Date 1902 juniors and seniors. B. J. Simpson of Newcastle Conservation Area n/a designed the building, and the contractor was W. Current use School T. Weir of Howdon. It is a good looking brick building with attractive symmetry, large feature windows and decorative gables. Following a reorganisation of education in Northumberland, the school became a Middle School in 1969. In 1976 proposals were put forward for a new purpose built middle school in the Battle Hill North area because of the poor condition of the Richardson Dees school building. Hadrian Park Middle School was eventually opened in 1979 to serve the new housing estates of Battle Hill and Hadrian Park. Most of the teachers transferred from Richardson Dees Middle School to Hadrian Park Middle School. Richardson Dees School was refurbished around the mid-1980s and continued as a First School until 2002, when it became a primary school.

118

Reference 07/0147/LOCAL Information: Name and address Marden Bridge Middle School This building opened as two schools in 1914: Lovaine Avenue Whitley & Monkseaton High School for Boys and Whitley Bay Whitley & Monkseaton High School for Girls. In Tyne And Wear 1937, it changed to Whitley & Monkseaton High NE25 8RW School for Boys and Girls. It became Whitley Bay Ward Whitley Bay Grammar School in 1945, Hillheads County Date 1914 Secondary School in 1963 and Marden Bridge Conservation Area n/a Middle School in 1973. When built, the school stood Current use School alone in open space, which gave a grand effect. The open space has since been developed, which lessens the effect, but the school remains impressive. It is a large scale building with good symmetry, projecting wings and good use of decorative elements including rainwater goods and stonework.

119

Reference 07/0156/LOCAL Information: Name and address Cattle Trough The Metropolitan Drinking Fountain & Cattle Trough Relton Terrace Association presented this stone trough on 9th July Whitley Bay 1927 to Whitley and Monkseaton Urban District Tyne And Wear Council. Their name can be seen on the trough, Ward Monkseaton North which is now used for floral displays. This is an Date 1927 interesting piece of street furniture with historic Conservation Area Monkseaton links. Current use Planter

120

Reference 07/0157/LOCAL Information: Name and address Lion's Head Fountain Spring water drinking fountain, considered to be Longsands Road Leading Onto South End from early 1800s and used until around 1920, by Of Beach which time it had been polluted by local mine Tynemouth workings. It has been buried with sand over the Tyne And Wear years. This is a fascinating structure and its interest Ward Tynemouth is added to by its disappearance and reappearance Date c. early 19th century through time. Conservation Area Cullercoats Current use Buried structure

121

Reference 07/0158/LOCAL Information: Name and address Victorian Post Box Roadside wall boxes first appeared in 1857 as a Lily Bank cheaper alternative to pillar boxes, especially in Wallsend rural districts. These are of merit as increasingly Tyne And Wear rare features in the streetscene. Ward Wallsend Date c. mid 19th century Conservation Area The Green, Wallsend Current use Post box

122

Reference 07/0159/LOCAL Information: Name and address Victorian Post Box Roadside wall boxes first appeared in 1857 as a Engine Inn Road cheaper alternative to pillar boxes, especially in Wallsend rural districts. These are of merit as increasingly Tyne And Wear rare features in the streetscene. Ward Howdon Date c. mid 19th century Conservation Area n/a Current use Post box

123

Reference 07/0160/LOCAL Information: Name and address Victorian Post Box Roadside wall boxes first appeared in 1857 as a Hillheads Road cheaper alternative to pillar boxes, especially in rural Whitley Bay districts. These are of merit as increasingly rare Tyne And Wear features in the streetscene. Ward Whitley Bay Date c. mid 19th century Conservation Area n/a Current use Decommissioned post box

124

Reference 07/0161/LOCAL Information: Name and address Grant's Clock The clock was unveiled on 12th April 1933 and was Promenade presented to Whitley Bay by Councillor James Whitley Bay Hamilton Grant. It was described as "a little sister to Tyne And Wear the lighthouse" with its pillar of white terracotta. In Ward Whitley Bay recent years the pillar has been painted black, Date 1930s although is now currently in the process of being Conservation Area n/a restored to its original appearance. This is an Current use Ornamental structure interesting feature of the streetscene and a link to the tourism heyday of Whitley Bay.

125

Reference 07/0163/LOCAL Information: Name and address Grave Of Charles W Mitchell Charles William Mitchell was born in Aberdeen in St Bartholomew’s Church 1820 and died in Newcastle in 1895. He was a Station Road shipbuilder and partner of the local industrialist Lord Benton Armstrong. He lived at, and substantially improved NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE Jesmond Towers (later La Sagesse School) from 1870 Ward Benton to 1895 and offered to build a church on his own Date Late 19th century land. Mitchell engaged his shipyard architect, Thomas Conservation Area Benton Spence, to design the building and the Church of St. Current use Grave George was built 1888-9. His son designed the figures in the chancel mosaic. Charles William Mitchell (Junior) was an English pre-Raphealite painter, born in 1854 and died in 1903. His one famous piece was Hypatia, shown in 1885 and likely inspired by the Charles Kingsley serialized novel Hypatia or New Foes with an Old Face. This painting is currently in the Laing Art Gallery.

126

Reference 07/0164/LOCAL Information: Name and address Grave Of Henry Fredrick Swan Henry Fredrick Swan was born on 10th September St Bartholomew’s Church 1842, at West Farm, Walker. At aged sixteen he Station Road commenced his apprenticeship with C. Mitchell and Benton Co., shipbuilders. In time, Mr. Swan took charge of the NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE Walker shipyard, which he had seen grow from a very Ward Benton small yard to one of the best equipped shipbuilding Date Early 20th century yards in the country. Conservation Area Benton In 1882 Messrs. C. Mitchell and Co. amalgamated with Current use Grave Sir W. G. Armstrong and Co., of Elswick, and the name of the firm was again changed in 1897, when it amalgamated with that of Sir Joseph Whitworth and Co. of Manchester, to be known as Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth and Co., Limited. Mr. Swan remained one of the managing directors, devoting most of his time to the development of the shipbuilding business at the Walker yard. He took a keen interest in public affairs, and was especially interested in the volunteers, and in recognition of his services he was created a Companion of the Bath on his retirement in 1902. He was a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers, member of the council of the Institution of Naval Architects, past president of the North-East Coast Institute of Engineers and Shipbuilders, a member of the Iron and Steel Institute, and of the North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers. He was a justice of the peace for Newcastle and was appointed High Sheriff of Northumberland soon before his death in March 1908 in Prudhoe. Swan had been chairman of the Tynemouth branch of the RNLI for many years. The long-serving Henry Frederick Swan Lifeboat was built during the First World War at the Cowes yard on the Isle of Wight. She cost £6,901 to construct, and was a gift from Swan’s widow.

127

Reference 07/0166/LOCAL Information: Name and address Killingworth Hippopotami The sculptures have been a feature of Killingworth's Garth Twenty Two Garth's estate since the mid-1970s. It is understood Killingworth that the hippos were installed as part of a local NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE authority housing scheme, however, the designer is, Ward Killingworth as yet, unknown. It is assumed that they came from Date c.1970s the same moulds used by Stan Bonnar for similar Conservation Area n/a hippos in Glenrothes New Town, Fife. Current use Sculpture The Hippos feature on the cover of the Historic England Local Heritage Listing advice note.

128

Reference 07/0167/LOCAL Information: Name and address Jigsaw Memorial This memorial is made of stainless steel. It consists White Swan Centre of a 10 sq.ft. 16-piece jigsaw puzzle, with two Citadel East central pieces missing but lying at the foot of the Killingworth monument. The spaces are a metaphor for loss, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE but with the missing pieces still near to represent Ward Killingworth that the dead are always there, if not in place. The Date 2000 sculpture also represents loved ones standing Conservation Area n/a together to provide support and comfort into the Current use Memorial future. There are three plaques, one bearing a dedication, one bearing an acknowledgement and one bearing a statement of purpose by the designer, Judith Spreadbury. Judith Spreadbury died in 2005 and a plaque has been placed at the memorial in her memory. This sculpture is in memorial to those who have lost their lives in war since 1945. This memorial was erected in September 2000 and unveiled on 11th November 2000. War memorials are very important to communities. This is an excellent example of a contemporary war memorial.

129

Reference 07/0170/LOCAL Information: Name and address Benton Metro Station The station originally opened on 1st March 1871 Station Approach by the North Eastern Railway. Since 11th August Benton 1980 it has been served exclusively by Metro NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE trains. The first electric train to be operated by Ward Longbenton/Benton any British main line railway company left New Date 1871 Bridge Street Station for Benton on Tuesday, 29th Conservation Area Benton March 1904. This is an attractive station with Current use Metro Station good retention of original structures and features.

130

Reference 07/0171/LOCAL Information: Name and address Cullercoats Metro Station The station was designed by William Bell (architect Station Road to the North Eastern Railway Co. from 1877 to Cullercoats 1914), opened July 7th 1882 and has been a Metro Tyne And Wear station since August 11th 1980. This station was Ward Cullercoats built with salvaged materials from a former Date 1882 station. A feature of this station is a well- Conservation Area Cullercoats preserved wooden footbridge and indeed, the Current use Metro Station whole station is considered one of the least altered local stations, despite some feature deterioration as a result of the Metro presence.

131

Reference 07/0172/LOCAL Information: Name and address Monkseaton Metro Station The station was designed by William Bell Norham Road (architect to the North Eastern Railway Co. 1877 Whitley Bay to 1914), opened 25th July 1915 and has been a Tyne And Wear Metro station since August 11th 1980. This station Ward Monkseaton South/Whitley Bay is historically important to commuters and Date 1915 tourists. This station was unique in the area in Conservation Area Monkseaton that it had a wide gap between the platforms Current use Metro Station that featured ornamental gardens. Unfortunately the buildings on the south side platform were lost c.1970.

132

Reference 07/0173/LOCAL Information: Name and address West Monkseaton Metro Station The station opened March 2nd 1933 and has been Earsdon Road a Metro station since August 11th 1980. The Whitley Bay station was built in an international style with a Tyne And Wear curved front, white walls, metal window frames Ward Monkseaton North and a flat roof. Railway expansion was rare in the Date 1933 inter-war years and few new stations were Conservation Area n/a constructed. It is typical 1930s but rare in the Current use Metro Station north east and makes a great contribution to the area.

133

Current entries proposed to be removed from the Local Register

134

Reference 07/0110/LOCAL Information: Name and address Black Bull Inn A Black Bull Inn is evident on a 1755 map and is Front Street traditionally known as the oldest pub in Benton Longbenton. It was originally a coaching inn with NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE stable behind. Thomas Addison (founder of the NE7 7XE modern science of Endrocrinology and Ward Benton discoverer of Addison's Disease; President of Date 1938 both the Westminster and Royal Chirurgical Conservation Area Longbenton Societies) was born in a house that adjoined the Current use Public House inn in 1793. The new building was built in 1938, plans by Hetherington and Wilson of Newcastle. The new building had adjoining single storey older buildings (shops) until around 1950. The pub makes a positive contribution to the area and has a good roof and chimneys, and good symmetry. However, whilst it makes a positive contribution to the conservation area, it is not considered of special enough interest to warrant local register status.

135

Reference 07/0123/LOCAL Information: Name and address My Shanghai The Cannon Inn pub was built 1934 and is very Coast Road typical of its time. It was purposely positioned North Shields here as part of roadside inns by Newcastle Tyne And Wear Breweries. It is a building with design integrity, NE29 8NB although this has been compromised in recent Ward Collingwood years with the loss of original windows and new Date 1934 signage on conversion to a restaurant. This Conservation Area n/a compromise means it no longer warrants local Current use Restaurant register status.

136

Reference 07/0116/LOCAL Information: Name and address Queens Head There is a record of an inn on the site from 1813. By Front Street 1828 it had been refurbished by William Thompson Cullercoats who promised it would be “a desirable retreat during Tyne And Wear bathing season”. The first recorded Publican was NE30 4QB Margaret Challoner in 1828. The building was Ward Cullercoats modernised between wars and has only seen slight Date c. early 19th century with c. mid 20th changes since (for example, windows). The building century modernisation suffered from bomb damage in April and May 1941. Conservation Area Cullercoats This is an interesting looking building. However, Current use Public House whilst it makes a positive contribution to the conservation area, it is not considered of special enough interest to warrant local register status.

137

Reference 07/0142/LOCAL Information: Name and address The Foxhunters Public House Inter-war, neo-Georgian pub. Many inter-war Preston North Road pubs were built in this style, with the aim to North Shields give an idea of respectability to the public Tyne And Wear house. It is attractive in a plain, understated NE29 9QA way; however, alterations have lessened its Ward Cullercoats quality. Date c.1930s Conservation Area n/a Current use Public House

138

Reference 07/0109/LOCAL Information: Name and address Rising Sun Country Park The Rising Sun Country Park is the site with a wealth Whitley Road of history. It is an important and good example of Benton reclamation that acts as a reminder of lost industry. NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE The park was the site of a racecourse between 1630 NE12 9SS and 1794. In 1861 the Rising Sun Quarry opened and Ward Northumberland/Killingworth/Battle worked until 1897. Rising Sun Colliery opened in Hill 1906, and the first coal was produced in September Date 1980s 1908. It was still working as a mine until 1969. Conservation Area n/a Scaffold Hill Hospital forms part of the park’s Current use Park, countryside centre buildings. It officially opened in 1914 and was an isolation hospital for those suffering from dangerous infectious diseases e.g. scarlet fever and diphtheria. It closed in 1986.The land reclamation at the park started in 1971 and in 1987, a countryside centre opened in the former hospital. In 1953 a shallow pond formed caused by the continuous collapse of the underground mine workings and is now known as Swallow Pond. The pit heap is one of the highest points in Tyneside. Around 60,000 trees have been planted since 1974. Today the park is a 400-acre site with an organic farm, nature reserve, countryside centre, ponds, woodlands and extensive areas of grassland. Despite the historic quality of the site, today its value is primarily gained from its recreational and amenity quality. This is deservedly recognised with Green Flag status.

139

Reference 07/0117/LOCAL Information: Name and address Sambuca (former Duke Of Wellington) F. R. N. Haswell and Son submitted plans for this Northumberland Dock Road pub in February 1925. It is an example of the yellow East Howdon and brown faience style with slight classical Wallsend overtones. A few decorative scrolls break the Tyne And Wear severity of the facade. The pub has a presence in NE28 0JW terms of styles and massing. It is now part of a Ward Riverside restaurant chain and the signage, windows and Date c.1925 other development has compromised the quality of Conservation Area n/a the building. Current use Restaurant

140

Reference 07/0122/LOCAL Information: Name and address Former Ye Olde Hundred Circa 1895 but consisting of two older pubs. Robert 69 Church Way Potts owned the Victoria Inn at 100 Church Way North Shields (hence the name) and his sister owned the Angel Tyne And Wear Inn on Albion Road. Both merged around 1895 and NE29 0AE became the Old Hundred Inn. It is a nicely Ward Riverside proportioned, handsome building, but its recent Date c.1895 conversion to residential use and associated Conservation Area n/a alterations have reduced its quality. Current use Residential

141

Reference 07/0125/LOCAL Information: Name and address The Magnesia Bank Opened in 1989 in a converted Georgian bank. No doubt 1 Camden Street named after the Magnesia Bank that once stood in North North Shields Shields, which ran up the bankside connecting Liddell Tyne And Wear Street to Union Street. It is a very popular pub, which NE30 1NH was Lambton's Bank and has also been a key club. It is a Ward Riverside finely proportioned building, with three bays and stone Date c. early 19th century lintels to the ground floor windows. However, modern Conservation Area n/a alterations and additions have lessened its quality. Current use Public House

142

Reference 07/0035/LOCAL Information: Name and address 4-6 Church Way A terrace of stone cottages that have a very rural Earsdon village character. The whole street pre-dates the 1st Whitley Bay edition OS map of c.1860. Whilst nos. 4-6 are of some Tyne And Wear interest, they have been altered and do not match NE25 9JY the architectural interest of nos. 1-3. Ward St. Mary’s Date c. early 19th century Conservation Area Earsdon Current use Residential

143

Reference 07/0145/LOCAL Information: Name and address Linskill Centre This school opened on 21st September 1932, with Linskill Terrace separate blocks for boys and girls. The creation of North Shields the John Spence School in 1984 saw Linskill Tyne And Wear School's gradual conversion to a community NE30 2AY centre. The centre is hugely important to Ward Tynemouth community groups, who have campaigned to Date 1932 ensure the site's future security. Whilst this is Conservation Area n/a recognised, the building does not have sufficient Current use Community Centre historic or architectural quality, especially in light of recent window alterations, to warrant local register status.

144

Reference 07/0015/LOCAL Information: Name and address 106 Station Road This building has a 1903 date stone, and local Wallsend trade directories reveal that Boots' shop Tyne And Wear occupied the building before the First World NE28 8QS War. A further stone plaque names the building Ward Wallsend as “Central Buildings”. The building is in brick Date 1903 with stone detailing, and Dutch gables. It is an Conservation Area n/a impressive building with good positioning. Current use Retail premises/residential However, inappropriate modern windows and fascias have lessened its quality.

145

Reference 07/0136/LOCAL Information: Name and address 110-112 High Street West Understood to be the former Jolly Sailors Pub. It Wallsend stands out due to its larger scale then its Tyne And Wear neighbours. Its architecture is unusually NE28 8HY asymmetrical and lacks coherency, although there Ward Wallsend is good use of stonework throughout. The building Date c. late 19th/early 20th century has seen some poor quality conversion at ground Conservation Area n/a floor level that is damaging to its appearance. Current use Retail

146

Reference 07/0127/LOCAL Information: Name and address Former Six Mile Bridge Inn This inn has a history of over 200 years. It is shown on a Front Street map of 1769. The inn was a place for travellers to stop Seaton Burn and rest whilst making their way along the Great North NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE Road. Before coal mining, the village was known not as NE13 6EP Seaton Burn but as Six Mile Bridge. The inn had its own Ward Weetslade brewery. The inn passed to the ownership of the Date c. late 19th/early 20th century brewery Ridley, Cutter and Firth in 1885; sometime Conservation Area n/a between this time and 1912 the current building had Current use Vacant been built. Unfortunately the pub use is no longer and recent reuse as a restaurant appears to have ceased also. The building has some nice detailing but is lacking the special quality to warrant local register status.

147

Reference 07/0128/LOCAL Information: Name and address The Moor House It is understood the building dates from the mid 2-4 Front Street 19th century. In the national censuses of 1861- Seaton Burn 1881, Georges Surtees is reported as beerhouse- NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE keeper and innkeeper. He was to remain at the NE13 6ES Moor House until his death in 1887. The census Ward Weetslade books also record a series of eight dwellings, Date c. mid 19th century adjacent to the inn, known as "Surtees Buildings Conservation Area n/a (or Cottages)". Most have been demolished in Current use Public House recent years, but one old building still remains behind the Inn. This building had a small-scale vernacular look rather than a deliberately designed pub but this has been eroded through modernisation.

148

Reference 07/0114/LOCAL Information: Name and address Marden Park Nature Reserve Marden Quarry represented virtually the only Marden Road South exposure of magnesium limestone north of the Whitley Bay River Tyne. Henry Hudson, a local landowner, leased Tyne And Wear this area in 1684, to quarry magnesian limestone. A Ward Whitley Bay waggonway was built from the pit that terminated Date 1970s in a staith at the Low Light in North Shields. The Conservation Area n/a North Shields Water Company, established in 1786, Current use Park used part of the quarry as a reservoir. This quarry is mentioned in Tomlinson's 1880 book and is a historically well-valued site for recreation. Princess Margaret opened the site in 1977 as Marden Park. The site was awarded Local Nature Reserve Status in the summer of 2005. Despite the historic quality of the site, today its value is primarily gained from its recreational and amenity quality. This is deservedly recognised with Green Flag status.

149

Reference 07/0115/LOCAL Information: Name and address Whitley Park Mr Edward Hall built Whitley Park Hall in 1789 to the Park Avenue North of Whitley Village. Edward Hall was the Whitley Bay breeder of the Northumberland Fat Ox, immortalised Tyne And Wear by the engraver Thomas Bewick and as referred to in Ward Whitley Bay the name of the nearby pub. T.W. Bulman, who Date Late 19th century bought the Hall in 1869, re-routed the road away Conservation Area n/a from the Hall and enclosed the estate with trees, Current use Park many of which remain on one side of Park Avenue. In 1897 the estate was taken over by the Whitley Park Hotel Company. When the house became the Whitley Park Hotel in 1898, efforts were made to turn the grounds into a recreational area. They were, to some extent, foiled by the objections of the local licensing magistrates. In 1904 part of the Whitley Park Hall estate was being used as a playing field by the Rockcliff Rugby Football Club, when Charles Elderton of Hebburn brought his concert party there to play summer season on a temporary stage. Wood and canvas screens, painted to look like an old Spanish Town, surrounded the seating. It was from this that the Spanish City was to take its name. The hotel was sold in 1922 to the Council, who used it as offices. It was demolished in 1939 and the grounds where then cultivated into a public park. Whilst the history of the site is special, there is nothing on the ground that relates to it.

150