Major Thompson lived here in 1819, at which time it was called Hill House. It is also occasionally referred to as High Hall. It must have ranked amongst the very best domestic buildings in Georgian South Shields. It was one of several sizeable houses on the riverside, home to master mariners involved in the coal trade to London. It degenerated into tenements with the addition of a further storey. A beer shop was added in the side elevation. The house was demolished to make way for a road scheme. A photograph dated 18th April 1939 shows a section of the upper floor flying through the air complete with classical fireplace.

On a hill above Heworth, with views of the Tyne and Wear estuaries, White House was of no particular style or character, with gables and wings added haphazardly. A sundial on the south side was dated 1680. White House was a leasehold estate under the Church of Durham. In C17 it was owned by the Jennisons, staunch Roman Catholics. In the late C17 it was bought by Edward Colville, Newcastle butcher, grazier and importer, whose daughter married Lord Ossulton, later Earl of Tankerville. It passed to John Stafford of Monkwearmouth, and in 1820 Richard Carnaby Foster, his son and grandson. They had interests in farming, quarrying, shipping and coal. By 1900 the house was threatened by the encroachment of Heworth Colliery pitheap. The last occupant, to 1938, was Thomas Maltby Clague, chemist and antiquary. In 1939-45 it was used to store potatoes and turnips. In 1957 the Church Commissioners sold it to Felling Council for the Leam Lane estate. By 1960 it was derelict, and was demolished soon after.

Elvaston Hall was, in 1896, called "a large modern stone mansion", home for some years of Sir Charles Parsons (1854-1931), inventor of the steam turbine for ships. No illustration of the house has been found.

A curious house with seemingly little known history. Ryton House was an C18 brick building, the main front of two storeys, the sides of three, in an awkward juxtaposition, shown in an engraving by Boniface Muss c.1790. At the corner was a confusion of Venetian doors and windows and a lunette. In C19 a bay window was added at the side. In one room the Ryton Petty Sessions were held. To the side of the house was the stable block, with a tall entrance-arch and façade, with Gothick battlements, cross-slits and panels of quatrefoils and lozenges. The house was latterly a Conservative Club. The main entrance was covered by a shallow greenhouse/conservatory. The house, which stood south of the church, was demolished in the 1960s and replaced by an estate of houses. It was the seat of the Humble family in the C18. Joseph Lamb (d.1800) married the Humble heiress, and their son Humble Lamb (d.1844) inherited the estate. He was succeeded by his son Joseph Chatto Lamb (1803-84) and grandson Joseph Lamb.

Disused mine shaft, one of many in the area visible as circular crop marks on aerial photographs. Dating is uncertain, but coal mining is known to have been carried out in the area from at least the early 17th century and is very likely to have been practiced earlier. Small workings of this sort may have been exploited up to the late 19th century.

Disused mine shaft, one of many in the area visible as circular crop marks on aerial photographs. Dating is uncertain, but coal mining is known to have been carried out in the area from at least the early 17th century and is very likely to have been practiced earlier. Small workings of this sort may have been exploited up to the late 19th century.

Disused mine shaft, one of many in the area visible as circular crop marks on aerial photographs. Dating is uncertain, but coal mining is known to have been carried out in the area from at least the early 17th century and is very likely to have been practiced earlier. Small workings of this sort may have been exploited up to the late 19th century.

Disused mine shaft, one of many in the area visible as circular crop marks on aerial photographs. Dating is uncertain, but coal mining is known to have been carried out in the area from at least the early 17th century and is very likely to have been practiced earlier. Small workings of this sort may have been exploited up to the late 19th century.

Disused mine shaft, one of many in the area visible as circular crop marks on aerial photographs. Dating is uncertain, but coal mining is known to have been carried out in the area from at least the early 17th century and is very likely to have been practiced earlier. Small workings of this sort may have been exploited up to the late 19th century.

Disused mine shaft, one of many in the area visible as circular crop marks on aerial photographs. Dating is uncertain, but coal mining is known to have been carried out in the area from at least the early 17th century and is very likely to have been practiced earlier. Small workings of this sort may have been exploited up to the late 19th century.