On 1860 OS map. Closed in 1940s.

Parish church circa 1870. Coursed squared sandstone with ashlar plinth and dressings; graduated Lakeland slate roof with decorative ridge tiles and stone gable copings. Steeply gabled nave porch. Massive west buttresses support gabled bellcote. Geometric tracery and diamond-stopped drip-moulds to 2-centred arched windows and main door {2}. Paid for by Captain Henry Bell of Woolsington (£3000). Replaced a church of 1835 (shown on Ordnance Survey first edition) which accounts for the large yews in the churchyard. Interior - reredos (screen behind altar) 1882, painted panels given by the women of the new diocese for the chapel at Benwell Towers, Bishop's Place, and transferred here in 1959.

Shown on Ordnance Survey first edition. School, now club. Dated 1874 on lintel; paid for by Matthew Bell. Rock-faced sandstone with ashlar quoins, plinth and dressings. Welsh slate roof. L-plan. Recessed door in chamfered stone surround in set-back porch. Three corniced ashlar chimneys. Attractive nineteenth century wrought-iron railings on low stone walls. A building recording was carried out in 2016 ahead of proposed conversion for residential use.

Shown on 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map. Demolished 2007.

Parish Church, 1866-7 by C.H. Fowler. Coursed squared sandstone with ashlar dressings. Welsh slate roof. Nave with south porch, chancel with north vestry. Early English style. Shallow gabled porch with pointed-arched double boarded door. West bellcote. Interior - south chancel window by Wailes and Strang of Newcastle shows Holman Hunt's "Light of the World". Could accommodate 150 people. With the erection of this church in 1866, the new parish of East Rainton (included Moorsley) was created. Previously East Rainton had been part of Rainton parish and the parish church was in West Rainton. St. Cuthbert's was consecrated on 19 December 1866. The first vicar was Rev. J Croisdale MA. He died in 1909 and was replaced by Rev. W.R. Egerton. He died in 1937 and was replaced by Rev. R.S. Woodall BA. In 1943 the Rev. R.W. Ellison moved from Lumley Parish to East Rainton. In 1951 Durham Prison's chaplain Rev. G.L.C. Mitchell moved to East Rainton. In 1954 Rev. G Hackett took over. Church hall built in 1882.

Shown on 1st edition Ordnance Survey map. Chapel is still there. Date stone above porch - "Wesleyan Methodist Chapel 1823 Rebuilt 1889". Stone with later brick extension. Could accommodate 130 people. Cost £400. Gothic arched windows. Porch with panelled wooden door. Slate roof. Interior - pews have been stripped out. John Wesley came to preach at Rainton in April 1747. Whellan 1856 describes the first chapel as a small brick building with c180 sittings. Present chapel seats 100.

Shown on 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map. The buildings have now gone but the enclosure survives {1}. The Southern Hospital (a Northern Hospital identical in shape was located NW of Newbottle) was built in the late 19th century - probably after the 1893 Isolation Hospitals Act. It was converted into farm buildings (Southern House Farm) after 1948 after closure was recommended due to the late number of repairs needed to the temporary structure. The hospital was modified as part of this change of use, and was demolished c.1990. Foundations for the buildings are still present on the site. It is likely that the structure was a wooden construction on a concrete base {2}.

Shown on 1st edition Ordnance Survey map. The farmhouse is still there.

A parliamentary report of 1771 mentions a workhouse for 16 people in Houghton. In 1775 the master was George Watson. In 1824 a larger building was built on the east side of Sunderland Street to accommodate 203 people. There were no children above two years of age. The name 'Union' Workhouse arose because of townships and hamlets which formed the parish of Houghton united to defray the cost of its erection and upkeep. In 1839 the management was taken over by the local Board of Guardians. Henry Fairbairns was the Governor of the Poor Law Union in 1855. In 1861 344 paupers were charged to the Common Fund at Houghton Workhouse (328 in 1862, 483 in 1863, 546 in 1864). The Workhouse was replaced in 1877 by a new building on William Street at a cost of £11,000. Architect Matthew Thompson. It could accommodate c.203 destitute wives, children and the elderly and had a corridor-plan T-shaped main block with male accommodation to the west and female to the east. Rooms for the elderly were placed at the front of the building, children and the able-bodied at the rear. The master's quarters were at the far western end of the building next to the main entrance. The kitchen and dining hall were in the rear wing of the main block. In 1891 a new boardroom and offices were built. The old boardroom was converted into 'short period' lunatic wards with a padded room. The workhouse staff in 1891 were Edward Forster (master), Margaret Ann Forster (matron), William Hardie (pastor), Mary Hardie (mistress), Isabella Purdy (nurse) and Elizabeth Ann Barrass (nurse). The 1881 census states there were 87 inmates, the youngest one month old, the oldest 80. Edward Forster died in 1903. In 1910 the master was Robert Harrison, matron was Annie J Harrison, medical officer was David Scott Park. After 1930 the Workhouse became a Public Assistance Institution, Health House Hostel. A death certificate of 1935 names the workhouse as 'Heath House'. In 1968 the last residents of Heath House were transferred to Kentmere House near Grasswell. Heath House became a refuge for women and children. Heath House was still standing in 1973 but was demolished at some point after that. The site is now occupied by Heath Grange housing estate. Many of the inmates of the workhouse and the staff are buried in Hillside Cemetery.

Shown on 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map. Built on the site of a windmill.