Tomlinson describes a small house formerly used as a skinnery and storehouse for wool by Joseph Dunn, the butcher. This industrial part of Monkseaton village, set back from Front Street, was called The Fold or Fau'd. Other small-scale industry in The Fold included a saw pit, tin worker, cooper and umbrella repairer. The skinnery is shown on map of 1833, the tithe map of 1845 and the Ordnance Survey first and second editions. By the third edition of 1919 the skinnery had been demolished and replaced by terraced housing. The skinnery would have presumably used lime pits.

Tomlinson describes a plain-fronted stone house built in the early 19th century by Robert Lyon on the site of an old saw pit. This industrial part of Monkseaton village, combrising of whitewashed cottages and the Seven Stars Inn, set back from Front Street, was called The Fold or Fau'd. Other small-scale industry in The Fold included a skinnery, tin worker, cooper and umbrella repairer. Robert Lyons house is shown on map of 1833, the tithe map of 1845 and the Ordnance Survey first and second editions. By the third edition it had been rebuilt or divided into two. As the saw pit was already described as "old" at the beginning of the 19th century, it could potentially have early originals, maybe even the medieval period.

Tomlinson describes a farmhouse of Thomas Mills built in 1688. It had a carved fireplace with a stucco frieze bearing the coat of arms of Charles II, with the mongram 'CR' and the Stuart motto "Beati Pacifici" (blessed are the peacemakers). The building became The Ship Inn in 1790, but was destroyed by fire in 1923. The coat of arms was rescued and is now in the Urban District Council Chambers at Whitley Bay. The inn was rebuilt on a site slightly to the west. This was one of a number of fine 17th century houses in Monkseaton. To the west of The Ship was another farmhouse with a fine 17th century fireplace. There was a cottage in 1683 at the east end of the village and in 1698 Red House Farm is recorded.

MacKenzie records that near to the Monk Stone (HER 102) at a farmstead called Monk-house, the prior of Tynemouth had a gallows. In 1320 the site of the pedestal of the cross and the gallows was called Rodestane and in 1757 Cross Close Pasture.

House. 1890 with alterations c1905. Designed by George T Brown. For Joseph L Thompson. Interiors refitted by William J Neatby. Red brick and tile-hung, with plain tile roofs. 2 brick stacks. 2 storey. South front has central doorway with glazed door and wooden hood. Single light plain sashes and a dormer window. Canted bay windows with cross-casements. Interior - largely date to Neatby's refitting c1905. Very original Art Nouveau style fittings. Staircase hall is panelled with open well stair, panelled ceilings and fitted cupboards with stained glass. Most rooms retain similar features. Fine group of tiled fireplaces with wooden surrounds and tile fronts, most with beaten brass hoods and fittings. Many rooms have fitted cupboards and doors with stained glass and brass furniture. Some of the windows have stained glass. Listed for the extremely rare and unusual Art Nouveau decoration and fittings {1}. Substantial suburban villa similar to others in Ashbrooke, designed by local architect George T Brown for Joseph Thompson, shipbuilder, and chairman of Robert Thompson's and Sons of Southwick Yard and Bridge Dockyard. In the 1891 census return, the address of The Croft is 15 Thornhill Terrace. In 1933 following the death of Thompson's son Errol, the house was bought and opened as a school, later known as Tonstall School and currently subsumed within Sunderland High School. The house became a residential cantre for people with learning difficulties in 1993, until being bought for conversion to residential in 2002. William James Neatby (1860-1910) is well known for decorative tile work and terracotta scultpure for Doultons. His most notable works include Harrods' Meat Hall, Knightsbridge 1903, Fox and Anchor Public House, Farringdon, London; Orchard House, Great Smith Street, London; Royal Arcade in Norwich 1899, the Emporium in Northampton, Café Turkey in Leicester, Everard's Printing Works in Bristol and the New Palace Theatre in Lynmouth. His work was influenced by John Keats' poems.

Site of WW2 concrete roadblock. On Grand Parade. Stop-lines included permanent and moveable road barriers. The most substantial works were formed from square or cylindrical concrete blocks entwined with barbed wire and fitted with explosives. Moveable obstacles consisted of horizontal or vertical bars or poles of steel, set between concrete blocks. Bent steel girders could also be slotted into sockets cut into the road surface. Modern road improvements are removing evidence for both, but some of the original blocks or aperatures have been observed in-situ. Cylindrical blocks have been used to line private roads or placed on river banks to combat erosion {Defence of Britain Handbook, 1995}.

Concrete building 4 metres x 16 metres in plan. Looks like it must have had some kind of wartime use, if not an air raid shelter perhaps associated with coastal defence.

Site of former ammunition depot. Strictly speaking this is just over the border with Northumberland, but the site is included here as it is probably connected with the RAF base at Newcastle Airport (HER 5676) and associated defence sites. Photographed in 1993, a complex of concrete buildings, roads and earthwork remains survived. The site has probably now been cleared.

Site of World War Two prisoner of war camp. Air photographs from 1946 show 14 huts in the quarry. Nothing is visible on immediate post-war aerial photographs. NGR given for centre of quarry. Each camp was allocated an official number during World War Two within a prescribed numerical sequence, ranging from Camp 1 (Grizedale Hall, Ambleside) to Camp 1026 (Raynes Park, Wimbledon). The West Boldon camp was Camp 605. Not all of the sites were true Prisoner of War camps, many were hostels situated some distance away from the parent site or base camp. It is not known what category West Boldon Camp was. During the early part of the war there was no standard design of camp, but following the success of the 8th Army's North African Campaign against the Italian Army, during which a substantial number of prisoners were taken, many prisoners were eventually brought to Britain and held in purpose built 'standard' camps, many of which were built by the prisoners themselves.

Site of WW2 concrete roadblock. Near RAF Usworth (HER 1824). Stop-lines included permanent and moveable road barriers. The most substantial works were formed from square or cylindrical concrete blocks entwined with barbed wire and fitted with explosives. Moveable obstacles consisted of horizontal or vertical bars or poles of steel, set between concrete blocks. Bent steel girders could also be slotted into sockets cut into the road surface. Modern road improvements are removing evidence for both, but some of the original blocks or aperatures have been observed in-situ. Cylindrical blocks have been used to line private roads or placed on river banks to combat erosion {Defence of Britain Handbook 1995}.