Portland House. Shown on Ordnance Survey 25" to 1 mile series, as "Living-in Hospital". Shown as "Hospital" on second and third edition maps. A charitable asylum for poor married pregnant women. 1825-6 by John Dobson on land given by the Corporation of Newcastle. Sandstone ashlar with coursed square stone returns and rear. Slate roof. Tudor style. Tudor-arched surround to renewed door. Corbelled oriel window. Dobson gave his services for free; other expenses were met by public subscription. This was Dobson's first important public building in the Gothic style, an exception to Newcastle's classical tradition. Until 1987 the building was used as Broadcasting House by the BBC. Studio additions of 1932 by Wells Coates have been demolished. In 2013 the building is part of Newcastle Building Society (1992 by David Ash Partnership).

Built in 1846. Shown on Ordnance Survey first edition as "Trinity Chapel (Presbyterian)". Marked as "Trinity Church" on second edition. Designed by John Dobson in Early English Form. Trinity Church had twin towers at the west, between which were seven lancets. In 1896 the congregation moved to the Presbyterian Church on Northumberland Road. Possibly demolished by 1919.

Shown on Ordnance Survey first edition. Not marked as a church on subsequent mapping. Protestant Methodist Connexion, later Reform Methodist, later United Free Methodist. Built in 1839. Vacated late 19th century. Seated 600.

Built in 1854. The foundation stone laying ceremony had been on 20 April 1853. The stone was laid by Ivie Mackie Esq. of Manchester. The Pastor 1845-1859 was Rev. George Harris, who was instrumental in moving the congregation here from Hanover Square and gave the church the name The Church of the Divine Unity. He died in 1859. This church was designed by John Dobson and built by Richard Cail. This church was surprisingly ornate, but its plan reflected Nonconformist practice in being a simple rectangle with galleries, supported by slender iron columns around three sides. Vacated in 1939 and demolished by 1952. In 1968 during excavations on the site (for the Central Library) the foundation stone of the Church was found and underneath a time capsule bottle containing newspapers dating to 20 April 1853, coins of the same period, pamphlets and a parchment describing the dedication ceremony. The Unitarian Church now has these items.

Railway tunnel from rear of Hetton Staiths into Galley's Gill. Major modifications occurred to the Lambton and Hetton Railways between 1865 and 1897, the Lambton Railway being re-routed through a complex of tunnels. This particular tunnel carried one of the sidings serving Hetton Staiths (HER 2808).

Shown on Ordnance Survey map of 1856 (25 inch series).

Shown on Thomas Robson's maps of 1827 and 1844. By Ordnance Survey first edition in 1850 the site is occupied by glass works (HER 2807).

Salt pans are shown on John Bell's plan of 1801, just south of Ayres Quay Glass Houses.

A tiny Jews Burial Ground is shown on John Bell's plan of 1801. Still shown as a burial ground on modern OS maps. The burial ground is thought to have been founded 1750-1780. The Jewish community in Sunderland at that time lived in the area of Norfolk Street and Frederick Street and the synagogue was in Villiers Street. There are reported to be c400 people buried at Ayres Quay. There is an obelisk here to David Jonassohn, owner of Usworth Colliery, erected in 1859 in a space specially reserved. When the synagogue and burial ground went out of use in 1856, a new synagogue was built on Ryhope Road (still in use) and part of Bishopwearmouth Cemetery became a Jewish burial ground. The burial ground is deemed to be At Risk by Jewish Heritage UK.

Lithic artefacts of probable Neolithic or Bronze Age date, recovered during a geophysical survey. The finds were all collected from the higher plateau rather than the lower ground. A complex of anomalies were detected in this area by the survey. Fieldwalking and evaluation to follow.