Terraces of late C19 and early C20. Stone houses at right angles to steep contours with views across the Tyne. Laid out from 1883 by T.C. Nicholson {1}. These terraced houses are the dominant feature of Blaydon Bank Conservation Area (HER 12066). Their position on the steep valley side and the consistent use of stone and slate provide a striking character. The terraces vary in scale and embellishment, but are all solidly constructed with ashlar or squared coursed rubble on the front elevations. The largest houses have bay windows and imposing doorcases and mostly overlook Shibdon Dene. Windows and doors have been replaced and rear extensions added. The southern terraces are separated at the front by footpaths and at the rear by lanes. On the eastern edge there are long gardens and allotments leading to Shibdon Dene {2}.

Sandstone house. Particularly attractive.

Sandstone house. Particularly attractive.

Gregory Jubilee Hall. Datestone above door 1879 - 1929. Rendered. Tiled roof. Some sash windows survive.

Bethesda Free Church. Western half is brick, eastern half is rendered and pebble-dashed. Battlemented 'tower' over arched doorway. Geometric window in gable with stained glass. Simple arched windows in side elevation. Western half is brick, eastern half is rendered and pebble dashed. Battlement ‘tower’ over arched doorway. Geometric window in gable with stained glass. Simple arched windows in side elevation.
Designed by the architect T.A. Page of King Street and built by Mr J. Robson of Ocean Road for the United Methodist Free Church, a combination of Wesleyan Reformers and the Wesleyan Methodists Association.
The foundation stone was laid in 1868 by the Mayoress Mrs J.C. Stevenson. Cost £2000. Could seat 500 people. During the ceremony a bottle was placed in the cavity of the stone containing a likeness of the Rev. J. Everett (the head of the circuit) and an assortment of other items; the names of contemporary ministers of the circuit, members of the Annual Assembly, minutes of the day's proceedings, names of the Trustees, names of the architect and builder, copies of the day's national and local newspapers, a few coins of the present reign.
Became the Bethesda Free Church from 1904. This was a Free Church Evangelical Mission that had previously used a variety of temporary sites in the town for its meetings. The members had amassed a building fund of £360, which was used for the deposit for the building. The balance of £1610 was paid by 1907. The leading figure of the mission at this time was George Gregory, an inspirational speaker and chief instigator in the search for permanent premises. In June 1909 permission was granted for an extension for the Sunday school and a gallery for the church. This was opened on New Year's Day 1910.

Pretty Unity Church (Unitarian) built of polychrome brickwork. Datestone 1875. Seated 250 people. Last used as a church in the 1950s, it has latterly served as a community centre.

A congregation founded in 1778 built a church in 1878 (date stone 1879) at a cost of £2000, which seated 500. The church was of brick with stone dressings. Slate roof with tower. Last used in the 1980s, the building was used by the Pentecostal Church (New Hope Church) and then became a warehouse before being demolished in 2007.

Parish Church. Designed 1904 by Hicks and Charlewood of Newcastle, built 1905-6 at the expense of W.D.Cruddas of Haughton Castle and consecrated 10th March 1906. Altered 1967. Nave and chancel divided by a bellcote. Nave
aisles with vestries and organ chamber. Sandstone ashlar with slate roofs. Ashlar coped gables with kneelers and angle buttresses. Perpendicular Revival style. East front has large 7-light pointed arch window with panel tracery and hood mould. Angles topped by crocketed pinnacles and gable topped by finial. To the left a lean-to with a 3-light pointed arch window with panel tracery, to the right a 3-light flat-headed mullion window. South front has 2 window chancel and 6 window nave with aisles and clerestory. North front has 2 window chancel with single storey hipped roof vestry, and 2 storey gabled organ chamber. Vestry has a 2-light mullion window and a pointed arch doorway with hood mould, beyond the organ chamber has a 3-light mullion window and above a tall 3-light pointed arch window with hood mould. The nave has 5, 3-light pointed arch windows and to the west a single pointed arch doorway with double doors and a wooden tracery overlight. Above the clerestory has 5, 3-light flat-headed mullion windows and a single 2-light window to the west. West front has a four light pointed arch window with a central major mullion. On the roof between the nave and chancel a gabled bellcote with 2 round headed bell openings. Interior: 6 bay nave arcades with double chamfered pointed arches with octagonal piers and responds. Elaborate wooden single hammer beam roof. The west section of the nave has been partitioned off in 1967 to a hall, meeting rooms, kitchens etc. Double chamfered pointed arch. Fittings include temporary organ by Bishop & sons with wooden case. Wooden pews, choir stalls and screens. Octagonal stone font decorated with panel tracery, 1906 with a wooden font cover added 1933. Brass lectern 1906. East window dedicated 8th June 1921 as a war memorial by John Charles Bevsey. Now Newcastle Climbing Centre.

Stone farmhouse with a simple elegant façade. Later brick additions, an unusual teardrop porch bargeboard.

Shown on OS first edition as 'horse pool'. Neglected and stagnant, full of litter, algae and debris. Requires ecology-led management. The pond is fed from a stream to the west. The pond is surrounded by attractive white timber jockey rail and has a concrete weir and edges. Refurbished in 2005.