An area of ruinous walling including the remains of a chimney stack to the north of the entrance to the ramp (HER16099). The stack pre-dates the ramp wall may be a survival of mid 19th-century buildings on the site. The north-east side of the stack is built up against the end of an older stone wall which runs up the valley side to join the main retaining wall.

In order to facilitate the production of record photographs and drawings, this overgrown ruin was largely cleared of vegetation and loose rubbish in July 2010, and its interior made accessible (with the aid of a short ladder) from the platform at the head of the ‘Ramp’. The building measures roughly c 12.00 by c 6.00 m externally, with a front wall of brick (Flemish Garden Wall Bond 1 & 3) and a rear wall of roughly-coursed rubble; the end walls have almost gone, but seem to have been brick on a stone basement. The front wall, to Ouse Street, stands to c 2 m in parts – probably more or less its full height, as the building was probably only as single storey above street level. It has a doorway, with a wedge-shaped lintel that has parallel vertical tooling of late 18th/early 19th century character. To the right is a broad opening that seems to have originally been a window (the left-hand end of its stone sill remains), and to the left a window that has now lost its lintel; to the left (north-west) again are the remains of a second doorway, its upper jambs and lintel having gone.
The rear wall, of stone, is much taller, as the valley side drops steeply away, to accommodate a deep basement within the building; its central section is ruined down to around the level of the original ‘ground floor’, although taller sections remains at each end.
At the north-west end is one jamb of a large window, and beyond that a much smaller one which remains intact; towards the south-west end is what looks like a hearth, with a flue rising alongside it from a fireplace in the infilled basement; towards the end of the wall are remains of a window, the decayed remains of the timber sill surviving. A narrower structure seems to have adjoined the north-west end of the building.
The interior of the building has been divided into two roughly equal halves by a cross wall, stone at basement level and a thinner brick partition above, although at this level nothing remains other than the toothing on the front wall. There is no sign of any opening in the cross wall4 although the end of it adjacent to the rear wall is now buried. On the south-east face the ‘ghost’ of a stair is visible, descending into the basement from just inside the doorway in the front wall. Just to the north-west of the cross-wall there is a basement window in the rear wall, now almost entirely buried internally. The front wall has an internal offset at the level of the ground floor, with a thicker stone wall beneath; in places the sockets for upright-section ground-floor joists remain visible.
It is difficult to make any comment on the original function of the building; it may have simply formed a pair of cottages, although the quality of the brickwork in the front wall, and the tooled lintel of the surviving doorway seem to imply a reasonable degree of status. It appears to be shown on all maps from Wood’s survey of 1827, which would tally with the suggested date within the half century centring on 1800. The basement is currently virtually infilled with rubble, the clearance of which would doubtless reveal further features.

At the north end of a single-storied block is the foot of a concrete ramp which curves south to rise between the block and the rear wall of The Cottage behind it; it is flanked by brick walls, and has an odd double row of infilled sockets in its floor. At its head is a stepup of c 1 m, over a brick wall that looks to be secondary, onto the concrete top of the irregular-plan block. The demolition of the ‘air raid shelter range’, which had been built up against the earlier wall of the Ramp, revealed evidence of a series of chambers beneath the ramp. The storeroom accessible from the ‘air raid shelter’ (chamber A) seems to have been the southernmost of a series of four although the second (chamber B) remain walled off and inaccessible, although the relieving arch above the lintel which spanned its entrance remained visible above the later rear wall of the ‘air raid shelter’. The interiors of chambers C and D, also spanned by timber lintels with relieving arches above, could be
glimpsed after a little brickwork was removed. They were roofed by the sloping concrete slab that floored the Ramp, whereas Chamber A had a flat concrete roof at a lower level.

A flat-roofed single-storied block that has been described as resembling a series of air-raid shelters, although it has a series of wooden casement windows on the east and doorways both in the south end and in the east side of a small annexe at the north end, so it seems unlikely that this was ever its function. It is built of orange brick of mid-20th century character, with a flat concrete roof. The northern annexe has a rounded end to the north, being raised upon the curving wing wall at the base of the ramp (HER16099). Inside the main block are three divisions, in each case the partition wall with a doorway at its
east end) being based on an old raking buttress of sandstone blocks which clearly predates
the structure. At the south end of the west wall of the southern compartment is a doorway
into a small storeroom which is actually formed within the base of the Ramp; it has a blocked door on the south which opens within the irregular-plan block at the north-west corner of the toffee factory, on the right inside the northern of the two tall round arches of the raised platform structure which provides access, via the ramp, to the north-east corner of the toffee factory at first story level. Other blocked openings along the same wall to the north-west were not available for inspection as the blocking was deemed to be providing necessary structural support to the original arched openings. The ‘air raid shelter’ range was demolished in July 2010, with the exception of its rear wall, the removal of which would have left the Ramp wall behind in a dangerously unstable condition.
A plan produced of the northern part of the block, shows the two older stone buttresses which acted to support the retaining wall on this side of the valley, now concealed beneath the building and the concrete ramp that curves around its north end and then rises behind it. The exposed end sections of the buttresses are each c1.10 m thick, and 2 m long and high; their western parts are now buried beneath the ramp; they are constructed of squared blocks of sandstone in courses laid at right angles to the 45° slope of their outer faces.

An irregular block projects from the west end of the north elevation of the Toffee Factory North Range. This block, which has a tall round-headed arch facing east and a second facing north-east (the former measuring 5.04m from floor level to underside of arch, the latter 5.17m), rises to a concrete slab roof at the level of the floor within the main Toffee Factory building. The slab roof wraps around the north-east angle of the projecting north end bay of the North Range of the Toffee Factory. External access to the upper floor was by means of a ramp which rises south-eastwards alongside the Cottage from ground level up to the concrete slab roof. Within this irregular-plan structure, accessed by two tall arches, the north wall shows some interesting features; its western part being formed by shuttered concrete (perhaps on stone) and its later eastern part by brick; the joint between the two sections stepped back westward as it rose, and seems to represent the south end of some sort of underbuilt structure or retaining wall constructed, perhaps at the time of the major excavation works accompanying the construction of the factory, to provide structural support for the Cottage (HER 16100) above.

The approach tunnel from the Newcastle Quayside to the former Maynard’s Toffee Factory, latterly Lower Steensberg’s Yard, consists of a short tunnel aligned south-west to north-east, c 15m long, c 3.7 m wide and c 3.5 m high, with thick side walls and a segmental vault of squared sandstone, now whitewashed. On the west side of the tunnel are a series of four openings, probably enlarged from their original form and now all spanned by concrete lintels. The first opens into a triangular-plan chamber with blocked segmental-headed arches in each of the brick side walls. The west and north corners of the room are roofed with cut stone slabs (perhaps ceramic?), the roof structure at the west corner being strengthened with a length of iron bar (perhaps rail?). The second and third chambers are rectangular (except that the second has a short diagonal wall – the N-S side wall of the block - cutting off the western corner), with similar blocked lateral arches. In addition the second chamber has a projection containing a simple stone fireplace towards the north-west end of its north-east wall, with a segmental-headed recess alongside, and a splayed hatch in the vault above. There is also a ceramic sink mounted on brick columns on the opposite (south) side of the room, close to its entrance. In the third chamber the blocked arches form recesses. In the fourth chamber the vault only extends for c 3 m; the chamber has the appearance of having been truncated when the Glasshouse Bridge was constructed, as has the end of the main tunnel. The Approach Tunnel has thick walls of roughly-coursed stone, now covered with shuttered concrete; at its north-east end these have clearly been cut through, strongly suggesting that it pre-dates the 1878 bridge construction. This, and the correlation of its alignment with one of the sets of rails shown on the c1860 map, makes it virtually certain that it relates to the original c1840 tunnel. its retention may have been due to the fact that important service pipes cross above it.
The Approach Tunnel is clearly of mid-19th century date, and closely associated with the portal of the Victoria Tunnel, although the actual portal may have been sited immediately to the west. The tunnel may represent a later route of the subterranean wagonway, but in addition must have functioned as an access route, cut beneath an intervening spur of
higher (ballast) ground, that provided direct access to industrial buildings on the bank of the Ouseburn. It is certainly a structure of considerable historical interest, pre-dating the major remodelling of the area in the 1870s - 1890s, when the present Toffee Factory was built.

Historic map regression shows that the school was built between the late 19th century and 1916. By 2009 the central block had been demolished. The main school building was recorded in 2010: The whole building is constructed from red brick in English Garden Wall one and three bond with ashlar bands running the length of the building at ground, first floor and roof level. The roof structure of the building is formed by two slate covered pitched roofs running transversely to the building with two gables to the east facing front elevation and two slightly lower gables to the west facing rear elevation which can be clearly seen in the north and south facing side elevation. The entrances at either end of the building have flat roofs. The building was constructed in two halves with the girls section to the rear (west) and the boys section to the front (east). Each half has its own pitch roof and chimney topped with ashlar coping. The front elevation housing, the boys half of the school, being more elaborate and slightly wider. Nearly all the windows are original and on the whole consist of steel frame casement windows with the uppermost lights opening as awning windows. The majority of the external doors of the building are steel security doors which have replaced the original wooden doors. The main entrances at either end of the building open in small atriums running onto a central north-south corridor which runs the length of the building. At the centre of the building this corridor runs into a large central room running east-west for the full width of the building represented by the projecting bay visible on the front elevation of the building. This room is the school assembly hall doubling as a gymnasium with a high ceiling (4.6m) and full length windows. Classrooms run off the central corridor to the east and the west. At either end of the corridor WCs and changing rooms for boys on the east side and girls on the west side occupy rooms with a lower ceiling in order to allow for a mezzanine floor above. The mezzanine floor is occupied by teachers’ offices and staff rooms. The mezzanine floor levels are visible externally as the four floor wings identified on the exterior elevations. The main staircase to the first floor is located at the south-west corner of the building and consists of a half-turn staircase with a halfspace landing The first floor almost exactly mirrors the layout of the ground floor, the only differences being that the first floor houses the school kitchen and cafeteria, and that an additional small classroom replaces the storeroom found at ground floor level. All the rooms are of painted glazed brick in their lower section with painted plaster above. In general the interior is utilitarian and austere with very little in the way of decorative features. Very few original fixtures and fittings survive within the rooms.

Kensington Terrace was built in the 1870s and was one of a small group of Victorian terraces, it is now the only one which remains. Devonshire and Sydenham Terraces were demolished by Newcastle University in the 1960s while Park Terrace stood until c.2012. Kensington Terrace is extant as part of the University. The external rear of Kensington Terrace was recorded in 2011 ahead of the demolition of some of the rear extensions and the adjacent Park Terrace (HER 16093). The buildings on Park Terrace had been heavily altered internally - this may also be the case for Kensington Terrace. The recent loss of Park Terrace has enhanced the rarity value of Kensington Terrace which has largely survived the latest refurbishments.
No. 6 Kensington Terrace was used as an auxiliary hospital during the First World War by the Joint War Committee (British Red Cross and the Order of St John of Jerusalem). The committee was ordered to raise and organise Voluntary Aid Detachments (VADs) trained in First Aid and Nursing. The nurses were a mixture of qualified nurses and volunteers (mostly middle-class women). Many hospitals were set up in large houses on loan to the Red Cross during the war. VAD hospitals received the sum of 3 shillings per day per patient from the War Office. The hospital was run by the 10th Northumberland VA Hospital Unit along with Pendower Hall (HER 5329) and was also known as the St. John Ambulance Brigade Hospital.

Park Terrace was one of a small group of Victorian terraces which once stood in this area. Devonshire and Sydenham Terraces were demolished by Newcastle University in the 1960s ahead of the construction of the Drummond building. Kensington Terrace (HER 16093) is extant and is owned by the University. Park Terrace was recorded in 2011 ahead of its demolition. The rear of Kensington Terrace was also recorded ahead of refurbishment. No.2-6 Park Terrace and Park House represented high-status 1870s housing. With the exception of a modern building, the façade of the terrace remained virtually intact. All of the buildings had been heavily altered internally although a fair amount of decorative plasterwork and half of the fireplaces were in situ. Examples of plasterwork included decorative cornices and arched brackets featuring human heads and foliage. No 2 Park Terrace contained the only well-preserved stair. The loss of Park Terrace has enhanced the rarity value of Kensington Terrace which has largely survived the refurbishments.

1809 wreck of English cargo vessel which stranded inside Sunderland Pier, on her passage with flour and other goods; a wooden sailing vessel.