Pillbox. Visible as Second World War structures and earthworks on air photographs are a military camp, military buildings, pillboxes, an ordnance store, air raid shelters, an Anderson shelter, trenches and barbed wire obstructions. They are centred at NZ 4039 6043. At NZ 4028 6020 there is a pillbox surrounded by a barbed wire obstruction. Further lengths of barbed wire obstruction are visible in this vicinity.

One of the major engineering feats of the Derwent Railway (SMR 1019). It is 500 ft long and was built because the Earl of Strathmore would not allow the railway to be built through the Gibside Estate. Local List entry - 500’ long railway viaduct. It is built from local sandstone with narrow uprights and gently rounded segmental arches. The stone in the uprights is in large blocks with a neatly dressed spring course, whereas that between the arches and parapet is narrower, rusticated stonework. The parapet is, again, of substantial ashlar blocks with a protruding string course and rounded coping stones.
MATERIALS Sandstone
DATES 1867
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE At the time of its construction this viaduct represented a major engineering achievement. Its sheer size, and dramatic visual setting in the context of a broad valley make a huge impact on the landscape. Despite its size, however, it achieves a grace and elegance arising from the slenderness of the uprights and the contrast in the stonework between different elements of the structure. It is an impressive landmark and speaks of the huge role that railways have played in the history of the area.

The Butterfly Bridge was originally built in 1842 by John English, who worked as a stonemason on the old Scotswood Bridge. The bridge gained its name from Victorian entomologists for whom the bridge formed the entrance to the Gibside Estate. The upper part of the bridge was rebuilt in 1950. The bridge was damaged during flooding in 2008. It was replaced in 2011 with higher freeboard and no central pier to prevent reoccurrence of the 2008 incident. During the construction of the new bridge, parts of the original abutments were recorded before dismantling. They included fragments of grindstones probably from the nearby Crowley Blade Mill. These have been left as mounting blocks at the side of the bridge.

The remains of George Eavan's house, the miller of the flour mill, are all that remain of old Winlaton Mill village, where the worker's at Crowley's Ironworks lived. The village was demolished in 1937 and rebuilt on its present site.

Clockburn Lonnen was once the main highway to the north from Durham. It crossed the River Tyne at Newburn then passed Winlaton via Blaydon Burn and from there to old Winlaton Mill, crossing the Derwent and following Clockburn Lonnen to Durham. Cromwell's army of 16,000 men passed this way on the 15th July 1650 on their way to the Battle of Dunbar {1}.

Large house, circa 1870, for J.W. Pease, banker. Coursed squared sandstone with ashlar dressings; Welsh slate roof. 2 storeys and attics. Interior - stone arches to corridors, marble entrance floor, high quality Jacobean-style panelling to former dining room, panelled ceiling, C17-style staircase, marble chimney pieces, early 18th century-style chimney pieces in rear wing, 4 high quality glass panels, original fitted bench and Jacobean-style cast iron fire dog in former billiard room {1}. First occupied in 1867, Pendower Hall became a school in 1920 and then a Teacher's Centre. There was originally a large lawn to the south front of the house, another to the west, and kitchen gardens. To the north-east were stables and a coach-house (demolished in the 1920s), and a lodge/gatehouse. Most of these 60 acres have been swallowed up by modern housing and another school {2}. The majority of the interior has been changed significantly from the original scheme, however the entrance hall and library in particular still present a comparatively 'original' appearance. Many rooms include original fittings such as doors, fireplaces, wood panelling, fitted seats and cupboards {3}. Pendower Hall was used as an auxiliary hospital during the First World War by the Joint War Committee (British Red Cross and the Order of St John of Jerusalem). The committee was ordered to raise and organise Voluntary Aid Detachments (VADs) trained in First Aid and Nursing. The nurses were a mixture of qualified nurses and volunteers (mostly middle-class women). Many hospitals were set up in large houses on loan to the Red Cross during the war. VAD hospitals received the sum of 3 shillings per day per patient from the War Office. The hospital was run by the 10th Northumberland VA Hospital Unit along with 6 Kensington Terrace. Honours for service to this hospital were received by: Miss Elizabeth Hopwood (Matron) - Royal Red Cross 2nd Class, Miss Isabel Norton (Nurse) - Royal Red Cross 2nd Class and Miss Ella Pease (Commandant) - OBE.

Between 2017-2018 Vindomora Solutions Ltd conducted a building survey of Pendower Hall. The assessment identified three phases of development. The first being the hall's construction in 1867 followed by extensions added between 1867 and 1894. From the 1920s onwards the hall was modified to operate as a school.

The presence of a parade ground near the fort is suggested by the altar to Jupiter Optimus Maximum, found with another altar (SMR 5306 and 5310) and the dedication to the Matres Campestres (SMR 5308). Phillips cautions that the epithet Campester need not refer to the parade ground. The exact findspots of these items is unknown, and they may have come from the temple area to the east. However MacLauchlan's 1858 survey of Benwell shows flat ground to the west of the fort, and excavation thus far (in 1977 and 2001) has failed to locate any vicus buildings in this area. This could therefore possibly be the site of a parade ground.

Bearded head, found at Benwell in 1862, now lost. CSIR 1.1 318.

Relief of a male head which probably represents Mars rather than an auxiliary soldier, and came from either a votive relief or flanking figure on a large dedication slab. Found in 1862 in the kitchen garden of Condercum House. CISR 1.1 317. Museum of Antiquities 1924.9.

Fragments of a statue of a lion, probably from a grave monument, found at Benwell around 1862, subsequently lost and rediscovered in the grounds of Condercum House during redevelopment in 1936, now in Corbridge Museum. CSIR 1.1 253.