Designated in 2005. The boundary of the Conservation Area is based on the historic Monkseaton village core (HER 741 and 742) and streets of housing of special local architectural or historic interest which stretch out north, south and east from the railway station (HER 9378). To the north and east of the village core is late C19 and early to mid C20 terraced and semi-detached housing (e.g. around Windsor Road, Eastfield Avenue and Valley Gardens) and to the south (Abbotsford Place and Norham Road) and mid C20 social housing (e.g. Hillheads). Monkseaton began as a small rural settlement of farms dating back to the time of Henry I (1100-1135) see HER 741. On 8 December 1551 Edward VI granted Monkseaton to Dudley, Earl of Warwick, later created Duke of Northumberland. On his death the village passed to Thomas, Earl of Northumberland. There was coal mining in Monkseaton from 1570. In 1570 it was granted by Elizabeth I to Sir Henry Percy, in whose family it remained until 1632. In 1640 Monkseaton and Whitley passed to the 10th Duke of Northumberland. Several streets have ducal names - e.g. Duke Street and Alnwick Street. Between 1801 and 1901 census records show that there were between 400 and 600 people living in Monkseaton. There were seven farms in Monkseaton in the C19 - Bygate Farm (HER 5875), East Farm, Monkseaton Farm, North Farm, North West Farm, South West Farm (HER 5873) and Village Farm. By 1850 there were 808 acres of arable land and 243 acres of meadow. There were said to be gates at either end of Front Street until about 1845, enclosing the village of farms and compelling travellers to bypass it on the through route around the southern edge (Bygate Road). In the C19 Monkseaton Brewery opened on Front Street (HER 1151). There were several inns - the original Black Horse Inn from 1793 stood where the replacement pub is today, the original Ship Inn was built in 1688, the Three Horse Shoes stood on Chapel Lane and the Seven Stars on The Fold (HER 6923). The Blyth and Tyne Railway (HER 1049) reached Monkseaton in the late 1850s but it was the completion of the route from Newcastle (HER 1086) in 1882 that increased the population. The station (HER 1942) in Monkseaton (Whitley Station until 1882) was built in 1860 and lasted until 1915. The existing station (HER 9378) is larger and was designed by William Bell, NER architect. The arrival of electric trains in 1904 caused the demise of Monkseaton as a rural village. In 1879 the Duke of Northumberland provided land for the Northumberland Village Homes (HER 7877). From 1905 new housing was developed north of the village at North Farm. North-east of the railway line large suburban housing grew around Marine Avenue and long terraces and wide streets of semi-detached houses were built south-east of the station. In 1923 the new Ship Inn was built next to the old one, which was demolished. A new Black Horse Inn was built in the 1930s. St. Peter's Church (HER 11355) was built in 1937 and St. Andrew's in 1938. Souter Park was laid out in the 1920s, named after a local councillor. Bygate Farm and Village Farm were redeveloped by 1916. Inside the original village oval the street pattern remained unchanged but Lyndhurst Road was inserted and The Fold redeveloped. New housing for the commuting middle classes increased in numbers until Monkseaton and Whitley Bay merged. In 1895 Whitley & Monkseaton Urban District Council was established. The two parishes merged in 1912. East Farm was the last working farm in Monkseaton. The land owner, the Duke of Northumberland, sold the farm land to Whitley Bay Council in 1958 for Churchill Playing Fields.

Designated on 1st November 1991. A Character Staement was approved by Gateshead Council on 31st August 1994. The Chowdene Conservation Area defines the southern limit of the C19 expansion of Low Fell. Chowdene traditionally marked the southern Boundary of Gateshead parish, the Borough and the fell, which was enclosed in 1822, as indicated by the name 'Boundary Cottage'. The principal character of the area is large Victorian and Edwardian houses with generous gardens and mature trees. Chowdene Bank is a sinuous route which connects Durham Road with the Team Valley. The road is bordered by open space, substantial walls and mature trees. Many C19 and early C20 houses survive such as Chowdene Lodge. The houses here are not as architecturally ambitious as those in Low Fell. The grandest house is Glenbrooke. Greenacre Park is a 1970s staggered terrace with three detached houses and is a worthy development of its period. Durham Road, south of the library, is characterised by three pairs of large semi-detached houses with large front gardens. There is a bowling green on the site of a former nursery garden north of Lyndhurst Avenue, screened by an attractive high stone wall onto Durham Road. On the western side of Durham Road are two groups of late C19 houses - Park View and Park View South are stone-built and Chowdene Terrace in brick. At the junction of Durham Road, Chowdene Bank and Kells Lane is the interesting Boundary Cottage, a terrace east of Durham Road and No. 265 Kells Lane, a large double-fronted house. The nicest brick building in this part of the Conservation Area is the Aletaster Public House. Hutton Terrace is brick-built. The bottom of Chow Dene falls steeply to the west and is deeply incised with mature deciduous tree cover. The Victorian developers were attracted to this area by this picturesque and tranquil valley.

Designated on 6th July 1990. The Saltwell Conservation Area covers an area developed in the C19 as a leafy suburb for the upper middle classes. It still retains an impressive Arcadian feel. Saltwell Park is the major focal point. Trees are a major contributor to the area's character. During the mid C19 prosperous merchants and industrialists were attracted to this area by its clean air and rural surroundings. In the 1860s and 70s large grand villas with large gardens were built. Most were sandstone in refined Italianate style. Later a number of polychromatic brick houses were built. Saltwell Park (HER 5004) developed around the estate of stained glass manufacturer William Wailes. The park was laid out by Edward Kemp incorporating Saltwell Towers (HER 8261) and its landscaped gardens. In 1920 the park was extended with the addition of the Saltwell Grove Estate (HER 7469). In the C20 fields and allotments and the grounds of large houses were infilled with suburban houses. The Conservation Area includes the Crematorium built on the site of South Dene Tower, Wailes previous house. The main entrance has an adverse effect on the CA. To the north and north-west of Saltwell Park are substantial Victorian terraces and large Edwardian houses. There are villas in sizeable gardens on Enfield Road. The best are Whinney House (HER 8259), Heathfield House (HER 8284), Ashfield House (HER 7467) and Forres Villa (Musgrave School, HER 8322). C20 developments rarely provide a positive contribution. The exception is the brick built Joicey Road Open Air School (HER 7524). Gateshead College is rather sprawling. Heathfield School was built on the site of a spectacular garden. On Belle Vue Bank is St. Helen's Church (HER 8250) and its almhouses (St. Helen's Terrace) and around it a High Victorian residential development. St. Helen's Crescent and Alderley Road have 1930s dwellings. Carlton Terrace is a grand street. Large detached and semi-detached houses survive on Alum Well Dene, Saltwell Road South and Derwent Crook Drive.

Designated on 25th October 2002. The Conservation Area focuses on the hamlet of Lamesley (HER 664), which is of medieval origin. The village was founded on agriculture but was also influenced by the Liddell family of Ravensworth Castle.The parish church of 1758 (HER 8185) was funded by Lord Ravensworth. Most of the buildings in the CA are 19th century in date and little has changed since 1858. Lamesley lies on the flood plain of the River Team and the CA includes a section of the flat wide valley floor which is devoted to pasture. The only tree cover is in the churchyard. North of the church is Temple Meads (HER 8184) an early 18th century house. North again, across Smithy Lane is the church hall, built as a National School (HER 7536) in the 19th century. To the north is the vicarage of red brick. Immediately adjoining is a terrace of three sandstone cottages. There are two farms. North Farm (HER 5081) is of a similar style to the cottages with gable finials and ridge tiles. The farmhouse is of random rubble with quoins and has had the render removed. uPVC windows have been installed. The outbuildings are in poor condition. South Farm is built of irregular coursed sandstone but has modern windows. The older outbuildings are of stone with slate roofs/ This part of Lamesley is spoiled by ugly wooden poles carrying wiring and street lighting and by heavy traffic. The River is crossed by a bridge (HER 3768) which has been widened on its northern side. To the west of it lie the Old Vicarage and Kenmar House (HER 8354). Opposite is Meadowgate a 1930s bungalow in brick render. West of the river is the Ravensworth Arms Hotel (HER 7491). North of the hotel lie Orpington House and Blacksmith's Cottage both of snecked sandstone with slate roofs. Opposite is Woodhurst, a 1930s bungalow. South of the hotel car park are The Bungalows, stone and slate, but altered and extended.

Designated on 20th June 2000. Rowlands Gill Conservation Area is an Edwardian housing development made up of large detached houses in substantial gardens, and smaller detached and semi-detached houses. There are two denes with extensive tree cover. Rowlands Gill was first settled by farmers in the 16th and 17th centuries. A turnpike road (Burnopfield Road) was built in 1835 (HER 3583). In 1865 the Newcastle to Consett Railway (HER 1019) was completed. The original village of industrial housing grew up next to the railway line. In 1896 only Smailes Farm existed west of this village. But in 1897 the Strathmore Estate offered fields on Strathmore Road for sale and the Northern Allotment Association bought them to build houses for working families. Between 1897 and 1912 over 50% of the houses in the Conservation Area were built. The houses have a uniform character and were built on graden suburb principles. Strathmore Road includes substantial houses in large plots. In Cross Terrace the houses are more modest in size. All of the houses are brick or render, with exposed timbers, substantial gables, slate roofs, decorative ridge tiles and finials, bargeboards, half-dormers, bay windows, wide driveways and high hedges. There are many mature trees on Dene Avenue, Orchard Road and Dipwood Road. There is a pair of buff brick Victorian villas on the east side of Orchard Avenue and a modern house. Orchard Terrace is a Victorian terrace in red brick or render with slate roofs and bay windows. The former co-operative store in the centre of the village was built in 1903 in red brick and the rear delivery yard and outbuildings survive. In front of it is the village war memorial (HER 10947). The village lacks a true centre but the memorial creates a focal point. Opposite is St. Barnabas' Church built in 1956. The methodist church stands at the junction of Strathmore Road and Dipwood Road. Along the eastern part of Dipwood Road there are wooded slopes. The western part has large houses in big gardens. South of the road is Dipwood House and lodge. On the north side there is Sphere Cottage and a number of 1960s houses. On the north side of Lintzford Road there are attractive Edwardian detached houses with large gardens. To the south the houses are of a variety of form and style. Smailes Lane can be seen on the earliest maps of the area, passing Samiles Farm (now gone). The eastern end still resembles a country lane, winding and bordered by mature trees and verges with wild flowers. There are large detached villas on the south side behind tall hedges. The western end of the lane is now an ordinary subsurban road. The Victory Social Club on Strathmore Road has some unsympathetic extensions.

Designated on 25th October 2002. The Conservation Area includes the large house Crow Hall (HER 8337), good quality Victorian villas, terraces and flats. Crow was built in the early 18th century in open countryside. Subsequent development was due to industrialisation. Two substantial Victorian villas, St. Albans's Villa and South View were added and then four terraces of houses and flats (Belgrave Terrace, Richmond Terrace, Rowlandson Terrace and South View Terrace). The the 1920s the Bog House Estate was built and the Conservation Area includes a small part of this at its south-eastern corner. In the 1980s housing association schemes were built at Stephenson Terrace.

Designated on 26th March 1999. A Character Statement was approved in August 1997. The Conservation Area is situated in an elevated position with commanding views over the Tyne valley. It is based around a crossroads, where Sheriff's Highway, Windy Nook Road and Church Road meet St. John's Church. It includes a mixture of early and mid 19th century buildings, turn of the 20th century villas in large gardens, early flat-roofed houses and a wooded setting. The Sheriff, Mayor and Corporation of Newcastle used to meet the Judges of Assize at this spot to conduct them to Newcastle. Sheriff's Hill was once called Sodhouse Bank. The first residents were workers from the local quarries and mines. Sheriff Hill Hall (HER 7715 and 8282) was built in the early 19th century. When Durham Road turnpike was built in 1827 (HER 4125) to the west, the importance of Sheriff's Highway as a routeway diminished. At the turn of the 20th century villas were built on Church Road and The Plantation. The Egremont Estate was built. The east side of Sheriff's Highway has coursed ashlar or tooled sandstone buildings with slate roofs. On the west side are a terrace of stone cottages some with shops on the ground floor. One has a finely carved datestone. There are two public houses - the Queens and the Three Tuns and a chapel (HER 7593). On Kells Lane is the church hall of St. John's, now offices and two stone cottages hidden by a high garden wall. The co-operative funeral parlour on Windy Nook Road has been inappropriately restored and extended. Further east are red brick semi-detached houses behind privet hedges. Sandwell House and Field House are large stone dwellings with slate roofs and large gardens. On the north side there is a derelict stone house. An adjacent lane retains its original stone setts. A decent stone terrace is spoilt by replacement windows. The Egremont Estate was developed by philanthropist Nicholas Herdman. It is early 20th century in date and is an unusual example of early flat-roofed houses. The houses were built in two phases by two different architects. Egremont Drive dates to 1905 and is a small cul-de-sac of semi-detached houses. Egremont Gardens dates from 1909 and was a terrace of ten houses. Only three remain. The houses have a concrete frame with brick facing at ground floor and render at first floor. The cills, lintels, doorways, steps, cornices and roof parapets are stone. All have sizeable gardens with brick walls or privet hedges. Most have porches and external stairs to the roof. Most have modern windows, doors and porches which have diluted character. Church Road leads to St. John's Church with its elegant tower and spire. Opposite the church are a number of stone houses on Church Drive and Sourmilk Hill Lane with high stone boundary walls. The remains of Sheriff Hill Hall sits on a slope of mature woodland. Bungalows have been built in the grounds. Early 20th century brick semi-detached villas stand further down Church Road behind stone walls and railings. They have bargeboards, balconies, decorative ironwork and dormers and long steeply sloping gardens. The Plantation is a group of detached villas built on a former woodland in the early 20th century. The gardens are well-wooded. The houses are generally two storey, in brick or render with slate roofs, bargeboards, timberwork, tall chimney stacks, porches and polychromatic brickwork.

Designated on 26th March 1999. A Character Statement was approved in August 1997. The Conservation Area lies on the south-western slope of Gateshead Fell. It was originally a separate village but developed into a suburb of Gateshead. Durham Road and Kell's Lane are the principal north-south routes, and contain the shopping centre and principal public buildings. Low Fell is diverse in character - early 19th century vernacular buildings, late Victorian terraces, detached Victorian villas and early 20th century semi-detached houses. Gateshead Fell became inhabited by mine and quarry workers after it was enclosed in 1809. Low Fell was separated from High Fell by an earthern bank or fence. By 1819 Low Fell began to have the layout of a village. Durham Road turnpike (HER 4125) was built in 1827 with workers houses along it. Handsome villas were built for wealthier families attracted by the clean air and unspoilt landscape. By 1858 Low Fell had evolved into a neat village. A tramway was completed in 1883. This generated suburban housing east of Kells Lane and west of Durham Road. After the First World War development joined Low Fell to Gateshead. The core of the Conservation Area is a trinagle bounded by Kells Lane, Durham Road, Cross Keys Lane and Belle Vue Bank/Denewell Avenue. The buildings along Durham Road vary in age - the Wesleyan Methodist Church (HER 8258), Victorian shops and houses. Nos. 545-555 is an elevated stone crescent. Victoria Terrace and Victoria Place are mid to late 19th century cottages. Modern shopfronts have debased the quality of many of the houses. Kells Lane contains vernacular stone cottages, stone and brick terraces, semi-detached stone villas in gardens such as Home House (HER 8272). Kells Lane Primary School (HER 7530) and St. Peter's Church (HER 7531) are attractive. In Denewell Avenue and Dryden Road are a group of grand early 20th century yellow brick and pantile-roofed buildings. There is a high stone boundary wall on the north side of Rosslyn Avenue and late 19th century terraces in red brick with stone dressings and Welsh slate roofs. Front gardens are defined by dwarf walls and rear yards by high brick walls. Terraces on Beacon Street and Wesley Street are stone. Most terraces have modern windows, doors, dormers and garage doors in their yard walls. Kellfield Road has a variety of building styles - stone detached and semis on the west side with sizeable gardens. Rosehill is an ashlar terrace with slate roof and large gardens. At Underhill and Kellsfield Avenue there is a short terrace of Tyneside flats in red brick with stone dressings and Welsh slate roof. Underhill (HER 8270) dates to 1860 and is the former home of Sir Joseph Swan. Kellfield Avenue is a secluded tree-lined street with large late 19th century detached and semi-detached houses, tooled sandstone or rendered with Welsh slate roof. Most have barge boards, porches and timber detailing. Albert Drive, Earls Drive and Worley Avenue have Victorian terraces of red brick with long leafy gardens. The houses have been unsympathetically altered. Albert Memorial Park (HER 7661) is a private park bounded by a wooden fence. Myrtle Grove and Coleridge Avenue contain early 20th century semi-detached houses set out close together like a terrace. On Selborne Avenue and Killowen Street there are unusual houses in glazed white brick. Next to Selbourne Avenue is the wooded Dodds Dene. Alverstone Avenue has 1910 art deco-style semi-detached houses, partially rendered with rosemary tiled roofs with high chimney stacks. Cedar Crescent is a 1930s cul-de-sac.

Designated on 28th July 1976. A Character Statement was approved in August 1994. The Conservation Area was revised and extended on 21st February 2003. The Birtley Conservation Area covers the historic core (HER 670) and extends up Fell Bank to Grange Farm. With the coming of salt extraction and the iron works in the late 18th century the agricultural village was expanded into a town by the end of the 19th century. Shops and urban amenities were built on Durham Road. Two churches (St. Joseph's RC church HER 7402 and St. John's Anglican church HER 8344), a school and a school house (HER 8218) were built. There were large villas for the employing class and terraces for the working class such as Fell Bank. A high proportion of the buildings in the village core are sandstone. The extensive grounds of the villas have been retained, old stone boundary walls and the curves of the road. The Grove (HER 8627), set back across parkland from Birtley Lane is of dignified and austere design. The Masonic Hall (HER 7401) was built in 1936. On Fell Bank there is an attractive group of farm buildings (Grange Farm) and five terraces including Daisy Cottages with rubble façade. The Conservation Area was extended north to include The Croft, Hexham Villa, Egton Terrace, Highthorn, Tofthill House and Ingleside. These are detached early twentieth century houses in large gardens with mature tree cover. Egton Terrace has interesting architectural detail. Several of these properties have links with the Blythe and Swinburne brick-making families. The Conservation Area was extended to the west to include the memorial garden (HER 7664) and pavilions, The Avenue, Holyoake Gardens and Ruskin Road. Most of the buildings on Durham Road are late 19th or early 20th century in date and built of stone or brick (e.g. the Co-op, HER 8219). The Avenue includes a number of large detached and semi-detached early 20th century houses in modest gardens with original windows and doors. There is a stone boundary wall along the line of the Pelaw Main Waggonway which is worthy of conservation.

Designated on 1st November 1974. The boundary is based on the medieval village (HER 803) green and the development pattern around it. In his 1985 book 'The English Village Green, Brian Bailey says "much more surprising is the green at Wallsend… the old part of the town retains its former village green in the face of all probabilities, though it had to fight to do so in the 19th century when the green was threatened by development". John Bell's map of 1800 shows Wallsend Hall (HER 7363) which was at that time owned by Willism Clark, who would become the town's first mayor. The school is now called Jasmine House (HER 7364) and the schoolmaster's house is now called Cross House (HER 7365). The village was still owned by the Bishop of Durham in 1800. Alderman William Cramlington moved into the White House in 1772. He became Mayor of Newcastle. His house had a 129 scre estate and a wealth of coal beneath it. During the C18 wealthy merchants and landowners from Newcastle continued to buy land in Wallsend and built large houses like the Grange, Red House (now demolished) and the Villa (late 1830s and surviving, HER 9329). A new hall was built by the Moncaster family, merchant venturers from Newcastle. Four farms existed in the village - North Farm, Point Pleasant Farm, Village Farm and Middle Farm. By 1858 the opulent mansions lining the Green had decorative gardens, arbours, ponds and terraced walkways. In 1856 Robert Richardson Dees, Newcastle solicitor, moved into the Hall with its extensive grounds and wooded walks beside Wallsend Burn and a vinery on the south facing slopes above with a well. By the end of the 19th century, most of North Farm had been replaced in 1870-1 by Elm's Terrace. Point Pleasant Farm was replaced by East and West Villas. These developments were by Richardson Dees. In 1870 Joseph Mordue, schoolmaster, built Dene House in the grounds of the school house. Orchard House was built by George Auburn Allen, mayor. The Red House was demolished in the 1890s and replaced with Hawthorn Villas and Park Villas. Richardson Dees donated the site of C Pit to the borough, converting it to a fashionable park, which opened on 4th June 1900. In 1904 the Allen Memorial Church was built, and in 1916 a library on Park Road. By 1916 Kings Road had been laid out as a north-south route to bypass Lily Bank. In 1914 Sir George Burton Hunter built the Hall and grounds and presented them to the Mayor and Corporation in 1919. It became a hospital. The grounds became public open space and were managed as an extension to the neighbouring park. The Grange was demolished from 1910. Following compulsory purchase in the 1940s, the Grange and Village Farm were replaced in the 1960s by housing built at right angles to the Green. Grange Close comprises 20 bungalows for the elderly. The White House was replaced by a vast covered roller skating rink (demolished in the 1980s). An unemployment benefit office was built next door in the 1950s. In 1940 the health centre was built in the grounds east of the Hall. In the 1950s part of the Hall was extended to create a Civic Hall. In 1979 Boyd Road was widened and straightened, meaning the demolition of Nelson Villa. In the 1980s and 1990s much of the commercial intrusion in the south-west corner of the CA was replaced by housing such as Whitehouse Mews. In the late C20 the Green was formally registered as a village green under the Commons Registration Act 1965. It is the only space in the Borough to be registered in this way.