Former Masonic Hall and bank, now the Phoenix Centre. Built in 1891 by William Thomas Weir foundation stone laid in April 1891 by Sir Matthew White Ridley. The stained glass window on the Station Road side of the building has been bricked in for safe keeping. This building is on the 3rd ed. OS map. It was once used as a bank and (is still used as) a Masonic hall. It is a striking building with many original external and internal features, and the Masonic link is interesting.

Splendid hall with sprung dance floor. Known fondly as "The Mem". Lindsay Allason-Jones, Director of Museum of Antiquities said "it is without doubt one of the most stunning examples in the north east. The proportions are perfect, and the building's façade is adorned with finely-detailed Ionic and Doric attached columns, fluted Ionic pilasters and superb split pediments. It really is a wonderful building" {1}. The hall, commissioned at the end of the First World War by Sir John Hunter, was unveiled 15th August 1925 by Lieut-Gen Sir G.H. Harrington and was dedicated by Rev. A.C.E. Jarvin, Chaplain to HM Forces. Inside the main room has columns with bold entablature along the walls. The room could accommodate an audience of around 1200. It had a special dance floor and a stage at the west end. The building also included retiring rooms, a large kitchen with service lift and a cinema box. "THIS HALL IS ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF MEMBERS OF THE STAFF AND WORKMEN OF SWAN HUNTER AND WIGHAM RICHARDSON LTD WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918 1939-1945". The hall was designed by Frank Caws of Sunderland. It is a stone building with the main elevation in cast concrete. It cost £25,000. There were some proposed improvements in 1926 including a badminton court and a rest room with refreshment buffet and billiards table. The glazed roof of the ballroom was boarded over around 1941 to protect it from bombing. The centre strobe light and pendant light fittings probably date from this time. The hall was upgraded in the 1990s and now serves as a community hall {www.newmp.org.uk}. Singer Sting (Gordon Sumner) is the hall's Cultural Patron. The building has undergone a £1.4 million restoration.
The hall was Grade II listed in 2013, including the associated war memorial (HER 7362).

Tyne Steam Packet Provident Society Club House. As early as the 16th century the keelmen of the Tyne felt the need to protect themselves from the hardships that sickness and death could bring to their families, and they founded a Mutual Aid Society and a hospital. The years brought many changes, notably the invention of steam tugs on the Tyne, but through it all the river men continued to run funds for the benefit of their less fortunate fellows. In 1853 they registered as a friendly 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.

Royal National Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen. 1952 by George H. Gray & Partners. A modernist building which has design cues from its maritime context. Balconies, porthole windows and curved frontage. Social significance derived from its links with the fishing industry. Site once occupied by two public houses, the Newcastle Arms and the Lord Collingwood. The Collingwood family of Chirton sold the site to Charles Connacher in 1904. It was bought by Tynemouth Council in 1937 and sold to the Mission in 1950. The North Shields Fishermen's Mission had been established in 1897 to give spiritual and practical support to fishermen and their families. A watching brief in 2009 by TWM ahead of the redevelopment of a piece of land adjacent to 52 Bell St revealed a post-medieval building made of sandstone blocks built upon made ground.

A well-loved landmark with its clock tower and the first modern secondary school in the Borough. Opened 21st September 1932. A beacon to education, enlightenment and community spirit. Converted into a community centre. This school opened on 21st September 1932, with separate blocks for boys and girls. The creation of the John Spence School in 1984 saw Linskill School’s gradual conversion to a community centre. Only the original school buildings are to be included in the Local Register; these buildings have seen little change since being built.

Unusually very vertically proportioned building with sash windows and tall steeply pitched dormers. Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. C.R. Mack influence {1}. Was built as Gourd Cottage. An early 1800s building with later 19th century additions. Became a meeting house by 1915. Both the original building and its later additions are of interest and the building stands out amongst other buildings on Front Street.

Former Ritz Cinema. Opened on 15 May 1939. Built for the Associated British Cinemas (ABC) chain. Designed by the firm Percy L. Browne, Son and Harding. The cinema could seat 1092 people in the stalls and 544 in the circle. It was in Art Deco style with sinuous lines of curving plaster and decorative grilles around the extraction vents. The Ritz Cinema closed on 8th September 1962 and was converted to a Mecca Bingo hall. This closed on 9 October 2011. Formed by two three-storey buildings linked by a single storey section in the middle. Recorded 2015 ahead of conversion to a public house. The recording found that several features of architectural interest survive such as decorative metal grills to windows, tiling, cornicing, and the projection room which still included lighting controls and shutters.

Interwar lido style open air pool. Much neglected. Opened 30 May 1925 arising from a campaign since the turn of the century following the annual loss of life amongst Victorian and Edwardian trippers unused to the cold and currents of the North Sea. Originally there were no dressing rooms or facilities. The pavilion was opened on 2 July 1927. Users entered through a turnstile. In 1996 the pool was filled in to create a rock pool but is largely disused. Opened 27 June 1925 arising from a campaign since the turn of the century following the annual loss of life amongst Victorian and Edwardian trippers unused to the cold and the currents of the North Sea. It was originally built without provision for changing rooms. The pavilion at the cliffside was not opened until 2 July 1927. The queue to use the pool often stretched along the Grand Parade. Users entered through a turnstile.
“Miss Tynemouth” and “Bonny Bairns” competitions took place. The open-air swimming pool has been filled in to create a rock pool but is largely disused. The pool now acts to protect the beach and cliff from further erosion. Converted to a rock pool in 1996. Recorded in Feb 2016 ahead of proposed re-development.

The Borough or Boro Theatre opened in 1909 decorated in red plush, ornate plasterwork with a white marble staircase. An earlier theatre, the Theatre Royal (known as the Corned Beef Tin) in Portugal Place had burnt down four years earlier. Davison and James designed the Boro. It was built by the owner Councillor Joseph Duffy, who was elected Mayor of Wallsend in November 1909. He died whilst in office in July 1910. The theatre was later converted to a cinema and was bought by the Gaumont chain in 1946. It closed in 1960 and re-opened as a bingo hall in 1962. The lower floor and foyer became an amusement arcade {1}. In 2006 and again in August 2009 the theatre was put forward for listing but was not added to the list due to the alterations to the exterior and because the interior was not thought to be of the outstanding quality or intactness necessary to compensate for the lack of interest to the exterior.
The Borough Theatre was designed and constructed in 1909 by J. Fleming Davidson & Charles Dearman James. Minor alterations took place in 1911 and 1935, including the addition of an operating box associated with its conversion to cinema use. A bioscope box was added by cinema architects Steinlet & Dixon in 1919. In 1946 the cinema was sold to the Gaumont chain and was renovated in 1949. The cinema closed in 1960 and reopened as a bingo hall in 1962. A suspended ceiling was added to the auditorium. By 1985 part of the first floor was converted into an amusement arcade. Separate music studios were built within the eastern end of the building and a small retail unit in the west end. The exterior had many of the ornamental details depicted in historic photographs removed at an unknown date.
The theatre is built of red brick with stone dressings. It fronts onto the street with a concave curve. The ground floor to the front and side is ashlar. Much of the front has been altered to form an amusement arcade with resultant loss of the ground-floor exterior. Pilasters rise above to roof level. The windows are original small-paned sashes and altered larger panes. There are numerous blocked openings. To the left of the main façade is a second floor arched and pilastered recess containing a window and balcony with wrought iron balustrade flanked by taller windows.
The interior of the theatre has been altered at the front ground floor and in the eastern section (music studios) with the loss of original features and the insertion of a partition. The auditorium retains original features including the stage, two curving balconies, boxes, proscenium and ceiling with much decorative plasterwork. The cantilevered upper balcony has benches. The auditorium ceiling incorporates an ornate original ‘sunburner’ gaslight. Gas lighting within theatres was introduced in the early 19th century and by the mid 19th century the gas plate became a common feature in the wings as it expanded the possibilities for lighting effects. Electric lighting was introduced into theatres from the 1880s, but it was unreliable and expensive and so gas lighting remained commonplace into the 20th century. The stage houses a gas plate lighting control for the sunburner and emergency gas lighting system. Between the boxes and the stage are niches with female figures standing in classical surrounds. Beneath the auditorium and stage are extensive cellars. Above the stage is a fly tower with wooden galleries and pulley mechanism intact. The main staircase is marble. Two rooms at the front of the upper floor have decorative coving and ceiling plasterwork and doors. The decorative scheme of the auditorium is of high quality. A photographic record was undertaken by Spence and Dower in 2010.

Former hotel, now many retail units. Badly altered. Interesting faience frontage. Shown on Ordnance Survey third edition.