A staith for the loading and unloading of coals was constructed on a parcel of waste land "lying beneath Houldeape from the great Cove east to the great Hinginge Scarr west and extending from the lowest part of the bank 24 yards into the channel of the Wear". The land was granted to John Lord Lumley in 1600. This precise location of this staith is unknown.

Two dye houses are shown on Rain's Eye Plan, but must have been demolished by 1826 when Wood surveyed the town.

Green Terrace has a long association with tanning, probably due to the fact that a burn provided this area with a reliable water supply.. A tannery is mentioned in the Halmote Court Records in 1706. It survived as Clark’s Tannery until 1860, when it was taken over by Caleb Richardson who established a steam-powered flour mill on the site.

Before the construction of the bridges, the Pann’s Ferry boat for cattle and horses was the only way to cross the river at this point. On the north side the landing was just below Beamish Drop and on the south side, just below the site of the later Fenwick's glass house (HER ref. 4409), on "Molly Linton's Quay". The road to the Pann’s ferry and the ferry itself are shown on Rain’s Eye Plan.

This windmill appears on Rain's Eye Plan (also see HER ref. 4439).

This windmill appears on Rain's Eye Plan (also see HER ref. 4440).

This post mill was built on the western fringe of Sunderland.

In circa 1682 Sir Ambrose Crowley began an iron manufactory in Sunderland, in a house in Low Street known as the Wear Ice Wearhouse. This was a nail warehouse and manufacturing plant where he could challenge the nail making cartels that operated in the West Midlands. It became his Anchor and Chain Works in 1682. Robinson locates it at the foot of Russell Street and describes it as a stone fronted house. The headstones of some of the windows were of Saxon style, said to have come from St Paul's chapel at the monastery. A carved stone above the door bore the date 1682. Sunderland however was remote from the iron-making district and there were few experienced nail makers in the north-east. Workers had to be brought in. A letter of 1685 indicates that Crowley intended building a slitting mill at Sunderland. Subsequent references to workmen from Liege suggest that this mill was built - it was from Liege that the slitting mill was introduced to England. Crowley did not not stay long in Sunderland before setting up his works in Winlaton village (HER 5987) in 1691 and later at Swalwell (HER 5979). He seems to have abandened his Sunderland enterprise by 1691 following the religious persecution of the largely Catholic specialist workforce that he had brought to the area from Liege. The works at Sunderland were demolished in 1917/8 and replaced with Scotia Engine Works.

The Assembly Rooms were to the west of Holy Trinity and are shown on Rain’s Eye Plan with a range of buildings to the south, a square or green in front, and a wall and railing with a gate to the east. A later range of buildings was built on the north side. Both ranges were almshouses. In the 18th century the assembly rooms were taken over by the Trustees of the Sunderland Muster Roll as a charity for disabled sailors and their dependants.

The first purpose-built Customs House was on Bishopwearmouth Green. It was replaced in the 17th century by another in Low Street, established in 1784 and shown on Rain’s Eye plan.