Shown on Ordnance Survey first edition map. Is in extremely poor condition, but could be an attractive residence or park office.

Has been renovated and is now used as offices. Shown on Ordnance Survey first edition map.

Long narrow lake created from the natural stream by Charles Doxford within the landscaped gardens of Silksworth House (HER 7227).

On the western side of the lake is a small cave-like structure. Fiona Green identifies this as an icehouse, however this was apparently built by Charles D. Doxford to house the generator that drove the cascade from the top of the rocks into the pond beneath. The cascade was designed to be seen from Silksworth House (HER 7227) specifically from Charles' bedroom. It ran over a rockery creating an image of rustic charm. The water no longer flows and the pools are now almost devoid of water.

It is thought that there was a medieval mansion house built on the current site of Silksworth Hall. Remains of Tudor style were apparently discovered in 1905 when the present hall was being built by Robert Doxford. Lewin's survey of the Silksworth Estate 1714 and the Tithe Map of 1842 show a large house which pre-dates this existing one. That on Lewin's map is some distance to the west of the present one. The building on the Tithe Map is 'H' shaped. The hearth tax of 1662 indicates that two properties were big enough to have had five hearths. One of these was the house of George Middleton. Silksworth had been passed to Sir John Middleton of Belsay from Sir Robert de Umfraville in the late 14th or early 15th century. In the 17th century William Ettrick and his wife Ann Middleton lived at Silksworth Hall. One of their daughters married into the Robinson family and the hall remained in the Robinson family until the 1900s when Robert Doxford bought it, demolished it and built the building that survives today (HER 7198). Thus there have possibly been three halls in Silksworth - a Tudor Manor House, an 18th century hall and the present building.

Shown on Ordnance Survey third edition of 1919 as 'old' meaning out of use.

Shown on Ordnance Survey third edition of 1919.

The grounds to Cleadon House were laid out in the picturesque style of the mid to late 18th century, decorated by the gothic grotto (HER 8159) that overlooked a lake and terraces. The lake has gone.

No surviving description of the garden - the first record of the garden is the tithe map of 1842 when it belonged to Bryan Abbs. The grounds to Cleadon House were laid out in the picturesque style of the mid to late 18th century, decorated by the gothic grotto (HER 8159) that overlooked a lake and terraces. The house had its principal elevation overlooking the grounds, with open views channelled through woodlands to the grotto, lake and pastures beyond. Some vestiges of the grounds survive. The house was virtually detached from its grounds by gravel extractions in the early 20th century followed by woodland planting that also wraps around the grotto. Some large mature trees, principally Chestnut but these probably only date from the late 19th century. The lake has gone. The former sweep of pasture is now laid out as football pitches. At the southern end there is a children's play area and bowling greens.

Cleadon Plantation, a landscaped estate, was built over Cleadon Moor and Little Moor to the west of the historic core from the start of the 20th century. It lies over an undulation of Cleadon Hills falling gently from the north east to south west. The estate comprised a collection of large houses in generous gardens using well established tree and hedge lines to create a sense of enclosure and privacy. The quality of pre-First World War housing stock is outstanding. Houses were approached by drives that cut across the gardens and were south facing to take advantage of views over the sloping gardens. Some houses had short garden terraces. This echoes the estates like Regent's Park in London that were built in the 1830s and 40s and the later Garden Suburb movement. The houses are mostly in hard hydraulically pressed smooth faced red brick with heavy gables, Welsh slate roofs and sliding sash windows, some with coloured glass. Some houses have patterned timber framing over render. The first streets to be developed were West Park Road, Underhill Road, the south side of Whitburn Road (B1299) and West Meadows Road. About 2/3 of Cleadon Plantation was built during this period, and is in the same spirit as William Webb's landscape estate in Croydon. Some of the houses have a coach house in the garden. In the inter-war period Laburnum Grove was begun, partly on the grounds of Cleadon House. The inter-war period houses are in white painted render with flat red roof tiles. The Crescent introduced smaller houses and semi-detached properties. The houses were designed to look like cottages, built in warm red brick with red clay pantiled roofs. Hedges and trees contained the front gardens. Laburnum Grove was finished after the Second World War, along with Whitburn Road and Marsden Road. Much of the former garden of Cleadon House to the east of Laburnum Grove was turned into a recreation ground. In the latter 20th century some of the larger gardens were subdivided and infilled. Extensions to houses, the spread of bungalows and the introduction of boundary fences and walls has begun the gradual corrosion of the original appearance and unique distinctiveness of the estate. Notable properties include Banks (No.3 Laburnum Grove), Greenlands (No.2 Boldon Lane), West House (No. 4 Boldon Lane), Tudor House (No. 2 Laburnum Grove), The Rising (No. 4 Laburnum Grove), Cherry Tree House (No. 8 West Park Road), Nos. 10 and 12 West Park Road, Violet Bank and West Mount (Nos. 14 and 16 West Park Road, a pair of semis), No. 18 West Park Road with Brisbane House built in the garden in the post war period, No. 20, Wingrove (at the junction of Boldon Lane and West Park Road), and Red Lodge (No. 7 West Park Road) which once had a fountain in its garden. Opposite West House on the site of the former pinfold and an Edwardian Villa is No. 4 West Park Road (detached white bungalow with concrete tiled roof) and Nos. 6, 6a and 6b (timber clad Scandinavian style chalets built as a dower house and staff accommodation for the Chapman family in Cleadon House). On Underhill Road the nicest houses include Berry Home (No. 1), Lyndhurst (No. 8 Boldon Lane), No. 2 West Park Road, Hillhouse (No. 3 Underhill Road), Pinehurst (No. 5), Hillfield (No. 7), Alderside (No. 9) and Nos. 11 and 13, Woodlands (No. 17), Cardrona House (No. 19), Aysgarth (No. 21). On the west side of Underhill Road are Nos. 4-8, Whyteleafe (No. 10), Moor View (No. 12), Rosedale Cottage (No. 16), Nos. 18-20 and 24-26. Marsden Road is a short cul-de-sac leading from Whitburn Road. 'Pinfold Court' was built on Boldon Lane before the extension of the Conservation Area. It overwhelms its neighbours.