The memorial to Robert Chambers was made by George Burn in 1869. It is a sandstone tomb with a reclining figure (now headless) beneath an ornately decorated canopy. Robert Chambers (1831-1868) was a Tyneside hero. In the mid-nineteenth century rowing was a popular spectator sport. Audiences for races on the Tyne could number between 50,000 to 100,000. In 1857 Newcastle-born Chambers won the Championship of England on the Thames course, and retained this title for a further four years. The last time he won the title was on the Tyne Championship course. He won the world sculling championship in 1863 but died of TB in 1868. The inscription on his tomb reads ‘THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED BY THE FRIENDS AND ADMIRERS OF THE LATE ROBERT CHAMBERS WHO FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS UPHELD THE HONOUR OF TYNESIDE AS ACQUATIC CHAMPION OF ENGLAND. HE DIED AT ST. ANTHONY’S JUNE 4TH 1868 AGED 37 YEARS’. Bob Chambers died at the age of 37 from tuberculosis. Robert Chambers (1831-1868) was a world champion oarsman. His nickname was 'Honest Bob'. He was born at St. Anthony's and began work at Hawks Iron Works aged 11. He was coached in rowing by his friend Harry Clasper. Chambers' rowing career spanned 16 years 1852-1868. He took part in 109 events and won 89 of them. He was the first Tyne oarsman to win the World Championship and for six years he held the Thames championship. He died of TB aged 37. Over 50,000 people lined the funeral route from Pottery Bank to Walker. The bells of St. Nicholas tolled and flags flew at half mast. The public were able to view his body before burial. His memorial was funded by public subscription. It was sculpted by George Burn and erected in 1869. It features a statue of Chambers dressed for rowing, resting on a river bank. The broken oar next to him has a masonic symbol on the blade. The statue (now headless) lies under a vaulted canopy. George Burn also sculpted the memorial to James Renforth, rower, who is buried at Gateshead.

The Big Yellow Crane in Walker dominates views from far around and is an impressive and iconic sight on the banks of the Tyne. It is the only surviving aspect of the former Armstrong Naval Yard and is amongst the last hammerhead cranes on a riverside once dominated by them. The large yellow metal crane is supported by a four post tower at two thirds of its length, from which it pivots. A miniature crane, also yellow, sits on top of the large crane.

The property of the Low Lights Brewery at North Shields, later Newcastle Breweries. Rebuilt in 1901 as 'a gentlemen's public house'. Altered in 1906. The Royal Hotel was known locally as the 'Hobby'. Its exterior was decorated with various toffee coloured glazed brick. In 1997 it was the Royal George Hotel. The Royal George Hotel is a fine building currently in a poor state due to fire damage.
This building was formerly on the Newcastle local list, but was demolished c.2003 (Google Earth Pro aerial photos).

Became the Station Hotel then the Railway Hotel again in 1912. Altered in 1915. In 1930 J G Ratcliffe of the Redheugh Hotel in Gateshead owned and altered it. In 1936 Newcastle Breweries rebuilt the pub. A newspaper praised its 'spacious frontage' and 'special features of the interior, which comprises lounge bar and select-room, are the beautiful furnishings'. The architects were Oswald & Sons.

The two large semi-detached sandstone villas circa 1876 are an example of the Italianate style that was popular during the Victorian period. Large houses were situated far back from the road, creating long driveways and the impression of a grand country house in the city. The houses are surrounded by landscaped gardens, increasing the ‘country house’ feel. This Italianate style was influenced by Queen Victoria’s residence, Osborne House, on the Isle of Wight. The Jesmond villas have raised stone quoins at the corners of the projecting end bays and sash windows. The villas are flanked by campanile towers at either end, a feature which was very popular during this Italian–influenced period {1}. The Willows was the home of Sir George Burton Hunter, shipbuilder from 1890 until his death in 1937. Thomas Hudson Bainbridge lived next door at Holmwood. He ran his father's Bainbridge department store for 20 years.

This group of terraced houses was built 1907-1912 and as a group is unique in Newcastle. The houses are examples of the ‘Arts and Crafts’ style, and for the most part are externally unaltered. Eslington Terrace consists of two blocks of six terraced red brick houses. Each house has a bay window with a crenellated tower at first floor level. On the north side of Kingsland Terrace, copper plating with embossed fleur-de-lys motifs is found between the bay windows of the ground and first floors. Assorted chimney stacks and wrought iron gates are found throughout the group and several houses on Haldane Terrace have surviving sash windows. The chimneys are a design feature on the end houses of each street.

Newcastle’s first school for the deaf was established in 1838. It has occupied its present premises in Jesmond since 1861, a date inscribed above the main entrance to the building, where it is also recorded that the building was paid for by public subscription. The imposing Victorian stone building is three storeys and has dormer windows and towers. The porches and bay windows are crenellated and many windows are within pointed arches and have leaf-style carvings on the masonry. Some of the stained glass windows in the building were designed by the nineteenth-century Newcastle artist William Wailes. The school is now known as ‘Northern Counties School for the Deaf’.

The Punch Bowl public house is a popular local landmark and reference point. The original building on this site was part of the Minories Farm complex; however the present building dates from the 1870s, when it was rebuilt in this impressive Scottish Baronial Style. It was constructed using sandstone, and covered with a Welsh slate roof with ironwork detailing. It went to auction in 1934 along with a house next door. It was sold for £23,600 by Robert Deuchar. The pub became the property of Newcastle Breweries in the 1950s.

Osborne Court is a fine example of an Art Deco building in Jesmond. Its impressive north elevation, visible from Osborne Road, shows a four storey red brick building with rendered bay windows. The metal windows are original. The south elevation is the same as the north, although a visible basement makes it five storeys in appearance. The east elevation is the only flat side of the building, as the west also has bay windows. Art Deco gates in the west elevation lead to a courtyard.

Mansion House is the official residence of the Lord Mayor. The four storey stone house has crenellated sections and some decorated features on the first floor windows. The Victorian building was built in 1880 as two houses, Thurso House and Kelso House. The conversion to one house occurred in 1900. The house was gifted to the city as the Mansion House in 1953 {1}. At the entrance of the Mansion House is a plaque which says 'THE HOUSE, FORMERLY THURSO HOUSE, WAS THE RESIDENCE OF THE LATE ALDERMAN, SIR ARTHUR MUNRO SUTHERLAND, Bt, K.B.E. D.L., D.C.L., J.P. AND WAS BEQUEATHED BY HIM TO THE CORPORATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF A MANSION HOUSE FOR THE CITY AND WAS OFFICIALLY OPENED AND RENAMED THE MANSION HOUSE BY THE LORD MAYOR ALDERMAN WILLIAM McKEAG ON 22ND DECEMBER 1953'. Sir Arthur Munro Sutherland was a collector of clocks and there is a clock in every room of the Mansion House, including a grandfather clock in the drawing room made by Jn Walker clockmaker in The Close 1760-95 {2}.