A 'Greenland' yard for the rendering of blubber. 1785-1798.

Operated from 1784 by the owners of the Disko Bay. A warehouse and ancillary buildings were later constructed 1786 to 1787. Whale oil was stored in lead-lined tanks after being prepared. One such site was excavated at Rotherhithe in London.

First whale factory in the north-east for the Newcastle Whale Fishery Company on land leased from Newcastle Corporation. June 1752 to 1831. The site was later leased by soap and alkali manufacturers Thomas Doubleday and Anthony Easterby in 1812. Whale oil was stored in lead-lined tanks after being prepared. One such site was excavated at Rotherhithe in London.

Handsome Victorian vicarage. Curved-headed windows. Raised decorative pediment to gable with the year 1886 in entwined metal numbers. Now converted to Waterman's café bar.

A children's mission since 1885. This was the first public building to have outward opening doors following the Victoria Hall Disaster of 1883 when 183 children were crushed to death. Tyne and Wear Archives has the mission recorded as Presbyterian. It holds baptism records from 1907 to 1964 and communicants rolls from 1904 to 1966. The building is known as the Bethesda Chapel. The last use of the building was an amateur boxing club and community centre.

Shown on the second edition Ordnance Survey map of 1890. The pub is supposed to be haunted by the ghost of a former landlord.

In 1827 the landlord was David Keith. In 1851 it was Richard Price. In 1861 Ralph Collison was victualler and miner. In 1871 William Minto was publican and tailor. In 1881 the landlord was George Allen. In 1891 and 1894 Thomas Rigby was the licensed victualler and lived here with his wife Mary and her mother Margaret Fletcher. By 1901 Thomas had died and Mary began innkeeper of the Red Lion on Church Street (HER 9032). In 1901 the landlady of the Lambton Arms was Jane Winter. In 1911 the landlord was Thomas Gibbins. In 1938 it was Jason HH Duff. There was a fire at the pub around 1998. In 2002 the former pub was renovated and converted into seven business units and is now known as Lambton House. It does not bear much resemblance to the Victorian pub, which was red brick with sandstone dressings. Curved-arched windows on the ground floor, sashes above, round window in the southern gable end, large chimney stack on the south-west corner. The building is now rendered and painted white. The windows are all rectangular with modern frames. There are new shopfronts on the front elevation. The chimney stack has been reduced in height and the pots removed.

White tender, two storeys, slate roof. Two bay windows on the ground floor with the door to the right. The first floor had mock Tudor timbering and two sash windows. In 1824, 1827 and 1829 George Dodgshon was the landlord. In 1834 it was Alex Newley. In 1847 and 1848 it was Chris Harrison. From 1851 to 1856 it was Jacob Gibson. In 1858 it was Thomas Hopper. In 1861 Matthew Hurrion was vicyualler and mason. Between 1864 and 1865 the landlady was Elizabeth Nowley. In 1871-2 it was C Binks. In 1873 it was Mrs Jane Binks. In 1876-7 it was James Hope. In 1881 and 1890 the landlord was George Bradbrook. He died in 1898 in Houghton Poor House and is buried in Houghton Hillside Cemetery. In 1893-4 the landlord was William Wilson. In 1905 and 1911 the landlady was Mrs Elizabeth Wilson. The Friendly Society of Women used to meet in the Black Lion Inn, until they disbanded in 1913. In 1923 the landlord was John Wilson. In 1930 it was Ellison Spark. In 1934 it was James Allin. In 1937 and 1938 the landlord was Jason Farrell. In the late 1960s the Black Lion was a Vaux house, managed by Robert Hardie. The pub closed on 26 January 1969 to make way for the A690 dual carriageway.

There were once six pubs in Houghton's Market Place. The Market Tavern stood on Gilbert Place. It was renamed the Jolly Farmers before 1861. In 1861 George Bell was the landlord. The next landlords were Arthur and Sarah Ann Smith. In 1894 George Haswell was the victualler and a farmer. In 1901, 1904 and 1911 John Wheatley was the publican. John Wheatley was a confectioner. In the 1930s when the annual Houghton Feast fairground was underway in the Market Place, the showmen were allowed to use the wash house of the Jolly Farmers Inn. In the mid 1950s the Jolly Farmers was a Vaux house, managed by Robert Hunter. Gilbert Street was demolished probably in the 1960s. The address of the pub became No. 9 Market Place. In the 1980s it was managed by Pauline Charlton and Dave Cave. The name was changed to the Spring Inn. The Spring Inn closed in 2009. It was advertised for sale in 2011.