Large farmhouse. Circa 1840. Snecked rubble sandstone. Large quoins. Crow-stepped gable ends. Some ashlar dressings. Welsh slate roofs. Ashlar chimney stacks. Irregular plan. Baronial style. 2 storeys. Central bay is half-octagonal on first floor. Sash windows with glazing bars. 4-panelled door raised in centre to hold blank shields. L-shaped wing is linked by a yard wall to a lean-to. Small round-headed windows in one-storey part and in central gable end. LISTED GRADE 2

Smithy, then pottery, now restaurant (The Blacksmith's Table). Mid to late C18. Sandstone rubble, pantiled roof. One storey. Central Dutch door under plain wood lintel. Square casement windows with vertical glazing bars and hooks for external shutters. Lower extension at right has corner timber posts supporting beams to pitched roof; full-width windows with glazing bars inserted in C20. Plank and batten door in south wall of extension. 2 end brick chimneys. LISTED GRADE 2. The last blacksmiths were the Dobson family in 1954. The building was a pottery until 1984 and then a restaurant from 1988. The building is said to be haunted by the spirit of a blacksmith who sits at table 9. A white lady is thought to be the ghost of Jane Atkinson who was ducked to death in the village pond in 1676 for being a witch. Another man is said to sit at table 6. The most 'famous' ghost is Robert Hazlitt, highwayman, who robbed a mail coach here in 1770 {Kirkup 2009}.

House. 1802. Coursed squared sandstone. Welsh slate roof. 2 storeys. 4 semi-circular steps to central 5-panelled door in open pedimented Tuscan doorcase. Sash windows with glazing bars. 2 end brick chimneys. Interior – original architraves, open well staircase with inserted cast iron balustrades. LISTED GRADE 2

Gate and gate piers. C18 and C20. Ashlar and wrought iron. C18 double and two C20 single gates with round spikes to standards. Two tall square piers of circa 1959 support C18 urns brought from Old Clock House, Ascot. The gates are the gift of Chapter XI of the Colonial Dames of America. LISTED GRADE 2

House now lodge. Early C17. Sandstone rubble with quoins. Pantiled roof. 2 storeys. Flattened Tudor arches to doors in second and fifth bays. Stone mullioned windows. LISTED GRADE 2

Parish church 1832 by John and Benjamin Green of Newcastle; 1882-3 alterations including transepts by Austin and Johnson of Newcastle; 1902 chancel and vestry by Hicks and Charlewood of Newcastle; 1962 bell-tower. Nave has small crenellated west tower with spirelet. West porch. Coursed squared sandstone with ashlar plinth and dressings. Westmorland slate roof with porch roof of Welsh slate. Early English style. Interior has choir gallery at west end. A prominent site on a high mound on which stood a medieval church demolished in early C19. Contains 1914-1918 war memorials in the form of a stained glass window, book of remembrance and roll of honour.
LISTED GRADE 2

Penshaw House was listed Grade II in 1985 with the following description:
'House, now social services assessment centre and 2 dwellings. Circa 1830. Ashlar; low-pitched roof of Welsh slate with flat stone gable coping. 2 storeys, 3 windows on West elevation. Central half-glazed door between narrow windows in flat Tuscan doorcase; tripartite sash windows at ground floor, single sashes at first, all with glazing bars. Cill band, eaves cornice and blocking course. 2 end brick chimneys. Interior shows architraves to 5-panelled doors, window shutters and some moulded cornices and patterned friezes. Staircase has decorated tread ends.' {1}
Nathaniel Hindhaugh, a Colliery Agent for Lord Londonderry is listed at the property in the 1851 census. Hindhaugh was responsible for the diversion of the road to create private grounds at Penshaw House in 1847. In 1861 John Allison, a corn manufacturer is listed at Penshaw House. In 1871 is was occupied by three servants suggesting that the main house was unoccupied but still in use by a family of some means. It was described as unoccupied between 1879-1881. By 1890 it was home to Frank Stobart. In 1891 head of the house is recorded as Richard Thompson. By 1912 it was home to Herbert and Olive Watson - Olive was Richard Thompson's niece. Following the Great War the house was occupied by George Horner - it is assumed he lived at the house until his death in 1947. Horner was the last private resident. The house then became a nursery for children born out of wedlock. In 1970 it became a remand home and has since then been used by different agencies involved in social work with young people. Parts of the original building have been demolished over the past 20 years. The gardens, lodge and gateway etc that Hindhaugh created in the mid 19th century were destroyed by the Washington Highway. The house was recorded by ASUD in 2012. It retains some internal features such as cornicing, friezes and picture rails. LISTED GRADE 2

Parish church, 1885-6 by H. Morton of South Shields. Snecked sandstone with ashlar dressings; graduated Scottish slate roof. Nave, north and south aisles, north porch, chancel with north and south porches. Early English style. Chancel porch had 6-foil window above paired lancets. North porch pointed arch to door. Clerestory had 3 lancets to each bay. Cross and vane finials. Interior – brick with sandstone ashlar dressings. Nave arcades. Chancel with double piscina. Vestry door. Mosaic and terrazzo floor. Marble inlay to font and pulpit. Light shades on nave arcades were for original electric lighting supplied by the nearby colliery. Was listed grade 2 but now demolished.

Monument. 1878, erected by Sir George Elliot, Bart MP. In memory of his father Ralph Elliot of Penshaw Colliery, died 1872, and his mother, brothers and son. Chest of grey granite sides and pink granite top. Iron railings set between 6 low square pillars with pyramidal tops. On stone base. LISTED GRADE 2

Parish church. 1745; 1876-77 alterations by CH Fowler. Coursed squared sandstone. Welsh slate roof. Norman style. 3-bay nave with south porch and north vestry. Lower apse to shallow chancel. 3 grouped round-headed windows in round-headed recess in bay. 3 round-headed windows in apse. Belfry. LISTED GRADE 2