This is the site of WW2 concrete roadblocks constructed in 1940-1, but since destroyed.

This brick and concrete WW2 pillbox, constructed in 1940-1, is built into the corner of a garden wall in a raised position, and was in a fair condition when visited in 1997.

A beehive quern of unknown origin was found in the ruins of Hylton Place Farm in 1990, and retained at Wood House Farm.

When the Barber-Surgeons Hall at Manors (HER ref. 498) was demolished in 1851 for the building of the railway, the railway company made amends by building a new hall at the top of Victoria Street, Westmorland Road, where it still stands. The building is by John Dobson, built in sandstone ashlar with long horizontal quoins, with three central bays recessed and arcaded. DE PRESCENTIA DEI is inscribed around central window head. The façade of the building is Palladian in style. In 1862 the building was bought from the Barber-Surgeons and conveyed to St Paul's Church for use as a school. In 1863 it became St. Paul's Church of England School. In 1934 brick classrooms were built around the hall. The hall still survives, but is in rather poor condition. LISTED GRADE 2

A tunnel was said to have been discovered in the cliffs overlooking Short Sands, circa 1930, during work by H.M Office of Works. An "embrasure" was apparently seen, formed by two walls, one parallel to the cliff, the other projecting from it. The walls were reportedly 9 feet thick. A tunnel was found to open out in the same place. The tunnel opening was built of "chamfered and dressed stone", measuring 4 feet 9 inches high and 2 feet 9 inches wide. Opposite the tunnel was a "square passageway" which was passable for 6 feet before being blocked by earth. The floor of the "embrasure" was said to be divided into compartments or "cells". Tradition says that a hermit once lived in these caves. William Sidney-Gibson apparently mentioned subterranean passages to the Castle in his book of 1861, and said that they were used in the Civil War to deliver ammunition and provisions. The authenticity and present state of these reported discoveries is not known.

A report in the Evening News on Friday, March 25, 1949 told of a tunnel found in the back yard of No. 33 Front Street, Tynemouth. It was reported that three steps led down at either end of the 25 feet long, 4 feet high tunnel, which had been repaired with concrete and zinc sheeting. At one end was a 7 feet deep sump with a chamber beyond, and drainage gulleys ran along each side. The age and function of this feature is unknown.

Cut Thorn Farm was once the Home Farm of the Gibside Estate. It became the Home Farm in the 1790s when John Bowes improved it with new buildings, including a cattle fold, stables and cow house. A rental agreement for the farm in 1710 appears to be the earliest firm evidence for the property, along with a reference of 1706. The buildings are shown on an estate map of 1767. By 1803 a new farmhouse and other buildings had been added. The farm cottages are the oldest survivng components of the farm, probably shown on the map of 1767. These cottages were recorded by the Traditional Architecture Group in 1996 prior to alterations and sale of the site to the National Trust in 1997. The block of farm cottages were found to be single-storey, of roughly dressed stone with sleeping areas in the roofspace. The southern, residential half of the building appeared to be earlier, with the northern half for the accomodation of animals added later. Thatch may have preceded the red pantile roofing. There was an elaborate kitchen range in one room. A cattle fold or byre partially survived to the west of the farm.

This 18th century house of two storeys is of dark red brick and has a slate roof, a 19th century replacement for the original pantiles. The south elevation wall is in poor quality timber frame, nogged with brick and plastered externally. The original west gable was removed in the 19th century when the building was converted for commercial purposes. In the last quarter of the 18th century another house was added along the east boundary of the site, forming the existing L-shape plan. Some early fireplaces and original 18th century sash windows with internal shutters survive in both buildings. The original staircase in the second house also survives. At some later date the two houses were linked by doors on each floor. The buildings originally opened onto gardens and are examples of the kind of modest town house lived in by relatively prosperous tradesmen and their families, who may have worked the market gardens behind Percy Street and Barras Bridge. This structure was recorded by Tyne and Wear Museums before demolition in 2002 on safety grounds.

A brick-lined well was revealed in the basement, during renovation work to Nos. 2-12 Grey Street in 2002. The well is approximately 1.3 metres in diameter. It is lined with red brick and there are holes in the side of the well to enable access down into the structure. A stone slab could be seen set into the side of the well, 0.5 metres from the top. The bottom of the well was not found, but a depth of 3.2 metres was recorded to the present water line. The current buildings date from early 19th century to 20th century, and it is assumed that the well is earlier. A late 18th century or early 19th century date is suggested.

Low Pottery was in production before 1728. Ball suggests that the Newbottle Potteries were founded in 1700 and 1740 {3}. There were two potteries at Newbottle, the other was High Pottery (HER 4641). Andrew Fletcher, a local historian from Houghton-le-Spring, is researching the Newbottle Potteries. A man called Ralph Watson of Newbottle Tile Kilns died there on 10th August 1728.The Watson family had leased Newbottle mill since 1668. The tile kilns may have been the same site as Low Pottery Yard. Henry Wilson may have taken over at that time. In 1760 Henry Wilson Esq. is listed as paying 8/10d for his tile kilns. Mr Thomas Byers paid 4/4d for his pot houses. In 1764 the Newbottle Pottery was definitely being run by the Wilson family. An order for a house at Elemore, signed by Henry Wilson, consisted of a w. flint teapot, a large punch bowl, 2 large pipkins (a small earthware pot or pan), 12 small gulpots, 4 chamber pots, 6 pudding pots and 2 trays. Henry Wilson's will is dated 30th September 1761 and he died in 1765. An advert in the Newcastle Courant on 18th and 25th May 1765 advertised the pottery to be let. 'Well fitted with all conveniences, workmen, a large stock of clay, flints and other material for the making of both white and brown ware. A farm may be let with it and houses, cart etc sold'. An order of pottery from Thomas Byers on 23 April 1764 included dishes, a fish drainer, chamber pots, flower jars, sauce boats and dessert plates. From 20th September 1779 Henry Scott & Co. ran the Newbottle Pottery. Orders included a teapot and punch bowl of 'Tally Ho' design, which may have depicted a fox hunting scene. Henry Scott died in 1801. Between 1797 and 1815 church records and census returns list some 200 pottery workers in the Newbottle and Houghton area. Robert Fairbairns & Co were running Newbottle Pottery from 1825. In 1836 a fire broke out at Newbottle Pottery. The tithe plan of 1839 shows the Newbottle Tile Sheds in a field called Cow Gap. The area of the Low Pottery is waste ground and gardens. Pottery waste was dug up during road widening in 1968 at Pottery Yard {2}. Sunderland Museum has two plates made at Newbottle on display. They are transfer-printed in blue willow pattern with Newbottle on the reverse. 6 inches in diameter.