Built in 1853, it was later used by a firm of manufacturing chemists. The Rector, Rev. W Moore Ede supplied cheap "penny dinners" to the needy.

Established by Jacob Gowland in 1825. Known locally as "The Cottage Asylum". The grounds were enclosed by a high wall with a large iron gate. Inmates were housed in cottages. The men and women were taken out daily for exercise or to work in the fields. They frequently begged for cakes and tobacco.

Known locally as Kent's Asylum. The "mad" brother of John Martin, British painter, was confined here for three years in 1817, after he threatened to shoot the Bishop of Oxford, Edward Legge, who was holding a confirmation for the Bishop of Durham in Stockton Parish Church. Martin escaped from the roof of the asylum in 1820, but was quickly recaptured, only to escape a second time, when he was given his liberty. In February 1829, he set fire to York Minster. He was arrested and tried at York Castle and was declared not guilty on the grounds of insanity. He was sent to St. Luke's Hospital, where he died in 1838.

Also known as Garbutt's Asylum (it was under the management of Cornelius Garbutt). In 1841 it housed 84 people. In 1851 it housed 157. In 1875 inmates from Bensham Lunatic Asylum were moved here.

The Bensham Lunatic Asylum was enclosed within extensive grounds. In 1932 one of the buildings near to Bensham railway station was in use as a motor garage, another building became St. Cuthbert's Church Institute (in Sidney Grove). Both had iron-framed windows. The asylum was known as Glentons, after one of the proprietors. The asylum was founded around 1830 and was in use until around 1875 when the inmates were moved to Garbutt's Asylum at Dunston.

In 1932 they were described as "modest and retiring, typical of the quiet and rest of old age". On the front of the building was the inscription "Anno Domini MDCCXXV. These almshouses were built and endowed by Maria Susanna Ravensworth in memory of her two departed children. It is good for me that I have been afflicted that I might learn thy statutes, CXIX Psalm, lxxi verse". The almshouses were home to eight poor women.

Tradition says that King Charles I stayed at the "Bush Inn" in Oakwellgate when passing through the town. In 1836 part of the inn was used as Gateshead's first town hall. The whole property later became tenements.

The "Queen's Head" stood almost opposite the site of the Goat's Inn (HER 7861), at the middle of the steepest part of Bottle Bank, on the right-hand side going downwards. It was in its day the most important hostelry in Gateshead. The large hall of the Queen's Head was used as a court-house, Roman Catholic mission, a harmonie hall and billiard room. Rebuilt in 1854. Still standing in 1932. Described as a high brick building "in a dissipated state". There was a large figure of a lion on the roof. Its tail turned towards Gateshead, its "fierce look" towards Newcastle. It was, in 1932, a lodging house. Demolished in 2000 to make way for Hilton Hotel.

The famous Goat Inn stood in Bottle Bank. It was widely known as the "Navries". In 1616 it had been known as the "Bell of the Hoop", in 1627 "The Spread Eagle" and the "Goat Inn" from 1672. The Court of Justice was held for many years in the long room, from where prisoners were sent to Durham Gaol. Here also was the distribution by the wardens of St. Mary's of the various charities. After a parade on November 16th 1803, the colours of the first Gateshead Volunteers, commanded by Cuthbert Ellison Esq., were deposited at the Goat Inn. They remained here until 1854 when Cuthbert Ellison presented them to Gateshead Council. The inn provided a dinner for a distinguished group of officers who had taken part in the parade, including the Right Hon. The Earl of Strathmore, Cuthbert Ellison Esq., J. Carr Esq. and others, along with the officers of Newcastle and Gateshead Volunteers. It was demolished to make way for the New Tyne Bridge. The figure of the goat, the sign of the inn, is housed with the Public Library.

About 60 yards above the railway bridge crossing High Street, on the right hand side going downwards, was a narrow entry opened by an iron gate named Powell's Court. Above the gate was a slab bearing the Powell coat of arms, and an inscription recording that the almshouses were built in 1731 at the charge of Thomas Powell of Newcastle, thought to have been a native of Gateshead. In 1932 the almshouses were still in use. Described as "a quiet little nook, with its poor sprinkling of dingy-looking grass".