Fenwick’s department store is Newcastle’s most famous shop, and one of the earliest department stores in the city. The five storey store possesses an attractive white stone colonnaded frontage, including ornate wreath carvings between each column, and iron railings at roof level. While the store at this present site dates back to 1882 the white stone façade dates back to 1913. The extension on Blackett Street is by Mauchlen and Weightman, 1937. Plain strip windows. Sleek brick and glass. The founder of the company was John James Fenwick (1846-1905), who was born in Richmond. He was a prominent Wesleyan and a member of Brunswick Methodist Chapel. The original store sold mantles, silk, dresses, fabrics and trimmings. In 1890 oldest son Fred Fenwick joined the business. He trained in retail in Paris and was inspired by Le Bon Marche, one of the first department stores. He broadened the stock of the Fenwick store into a true department store. In 1908 the company acquired No. 10 Brunswick Place (HER 15296). By 1914 No. 14 Brunswick Place was a Ladies Outfitters for Fenwick Ltd. In 1921 the company took over No. 12, then Nos. 6 and 8, No. 2 and No. 4. The acquisition of these properties allowed the department store to develop. No. 16 Brunswick Place (the house of the chapel caretaker) was demolished and a six storey extension to Fenwick's store built. Fenwick now has stores in London, Leicester, York, Windsor, Canterbury and Tunbridge Wells. In 2001 the company acquired department stores owned by the Bentalls group at Kingston upon Thames and Bracknell. In 2007 it purchased the Williams & Griffin store in Colchester. Since 1971 the Newcastle store has had a famous Christmas window display. The Fenwicks café was a popular meeting place for women to discuss politics. The National Union of Womens Suffrage met there on Monday nights in the early 20th century.

Dog Leap Stair, also known as ‘Dog Loup’ stair is an historic stone stair leading from Castle Garth to The Side. The stairs do not appear on Corbridge's 1722/3 map but are shown on Isaac Thompson's map of 1746 and Hutton's map of 1770. Wright's English Dialect Dictionary of 1900 defines 'loup' as meaning 'a narrow channel between rocks, where the river contracts and is easily leapt'. 'Dog-loup' or 'lowp' means 'a narrow slip of ground between two houses to allow for eaves-droppings'. In the first edition of J T Sprockett's 'A Glossary of North Country Words', 'loup' for 'leap' is listed. Beside 'loup' there is a manuscript note which says 'Dog-loup stairs, Newcastle'. The second undated edition lists 'Dog-loup - a narrow slip of ground between two houses, the right to which is questionable - the place through which a dog leaps. Dog-loup stairs, Newcastle'. The term 'dog leap' seems not just to have referred to the stairs in Newcastle. On Corbridge's map there is a 'Dog lope' marked off The Side. A 'dog leap' is shown written in a narrow space between two houses on a plan of proposed Collingwood Street in 1809. The stairs were re-sited and narrowed in the 1890s when the railway viaduct (HER 9167) was doubled in width. They were realigned to give access to the Castle Garth from The Side. The original Dog Leap Stairs would have looked more like Long Stairs. The dog leap was a space like that between the Cooperage and No. 30 The Close. Dog Leap Stair is mentioned in the 1978 song ‘Down to the Waterline’ by Dire Straits. Local legend relating to the stairs include the story that Dick Turpin rode up or down them on Black Bess [rather bizarrely whilst on route from York to London!] and the story that the name comes from a dog which copied its owner and leapt to its death from the top of the stairs.

The original buildings in Leazes Park add to the character and quality of the park. The Boatman’s Hut is a small square building. It is predominantly green and cream painted wood, but has a lower course of bricks. The entrance on the east face is a double door, painted green to match the rest of the woodwork. A pyramidal roof tops the building and overhangs on each side.

The Western Lodge is an integral part of Leazes Park, and compliments the character of its surroundings well. The two storey Victorian building was originally the Head Gardener’s Lodge. It is a brick structure with stone decoration, and a patterned slate roof. A central porch is located at the front of the lodge, and gables are situated at either side of the first floor windows.

299 – 307 Westgate Road are well constructed commercial buildings which add to the character of the junction with Elswick Road. Built from stone, these Victorian three and four storey structures form an attractive curve along the path of the road. The buildings, which are in a conservation area, are currently occupied by shops at the ground levels.

1-24 Barras Bridge is the former Grand Hotel, and is now shops and accommodation. The name ‘Grand Hotel’ is carved in to stone at the top of the building between two ball-finial capped gables. The front of the four storey building is made of stone, the back is of brick. The shop fronts on the ground floor are separated by pillars which are carved at the top. The first floor windows are topped with ornate carving and the second floor windows have small triangular pediments, except in the bays beneath the gables, where the pediments are more elaborate. The façade is capped by a stone balustrade. Owned by Newcastle Breweries, the hotel had 50 bedrooms, 2 lounges and two public rooms. It opened in 1890 and was described as a "succession of stately buildings reared for hotel purposes in our midst, furnished in the highest style of art and costly luxuriousness, and equipped with all the modern innovations which science has brought to our doors. In this work of progress no man has been more conspicuous than our townsman, Mr James Deuchar. To him we owe the erection of the Grand Hotel at Barras bridge, with its imposing façade, its equally noble suite of public reception rooms, and its complete equipment in every detail as a first-class hotel, erected at a gross outlay of £60,000". By contrast the Temperance Witness claimed that by allowing the hotel to open, the licensing authorities had 'insulted the Christian and moral feelings of the citizens". Closed as a hotel and public house in 1958. Sold to King's College for £77,500 as part of a compulsory purchase order by the Corporation. Now occupied by Blackwell's Bookshop. Second edition includes a bank. McCombie - built in 1889, a long flat Free Renaissance front.

Walker Library was presented to the city of Newcastle by Alderman Sir William Haswell Stephenson, who was a local industrialist and benefactor. He dedicated the library to the memory of his wife, Lady Stephenson, when it opened in 1908. The Edwardian building, designed by John Dyson, was constructed using brick and stone. The coat of arms of Lady Stephenson can still be seen carved in stone above the original doorway.

The Wincomblee Workshops building is a three storey Edwardian red brick structure with sandstone details on the door surrounds, some window surrounds, pediments and the cornice. The east face curves with the bend of White Street. There are entrances at either end of this side of the building. Inscription stones above these entrances say ‘A W & Co’ and ‘MCMXV’ ('1915' in Roman numerals). The south face of the building has round windows at first floor level. On the east side a low wall topped by wrought iron railings runs along the length of the building and beyond.
This building was formerly on the Newcastle local list, but was demolished c.2013 (Google Earth Pro aerial photos).

The old railway bridge in Mitchell Street is a highly recognisable structure in Walker. This three arch sandstone bridge is of a standard design. The bridge possesses iron railings on its top and red brick under its archways. Today the bridge is a used as a cycle and path way. Once carried the NER, Newcastle and Tynemouth Riverside Branch.

The Gasometer is an impressive structure and a landmark in Walker. It is a large circular steel framed structure with reinforced walkways. There are stairwells on the east and west sides and the framework is supported by cross braces and reinforcements.
This building was formerly on the Newcastle local list, but was demolished c.2015 (Google Earth Pro aerial photos).