This pillar box has the two letters V and R nearly linked on the front, identifying it as Victorian.

This pillar box has the two letters V and R nearly linked on the front, identifying it as Victorian. This post box originally stood outside Croftons, which was destroyed in a WWII air-raid.

Built between 1925 and 1930 when Harton Village was assimilated into South Shields. It replaces a public house that pre-dates 1900. This red brick building is located on an important landmark corner opposite St Peter’s Church.

Architects: M. Wall and Sons of Albany Chambers, King Street.
The original Cyprus PH was situated on the corner of George Potts and Chichester Road until 1885. Plans for the current building were approved on 2nd August 1900 and included a cellar and a ground floor with a bar and ‘bottle of jug’ room (off licence). The first floor was to contain a buffet and a billiard room, as well as a sitting room/news room. The third floor would be given over to living accommodation consisting of three bedrooms, a living room and an indoor bathroom and lavatory.
The site was owned by the executors of a Mr John Turnbull, who also owned the Victoria Brewery in James Mather Street. Turnbull had been in the brewing business for over thirty years and his initials can be seen in the fascia of the pub. The building, completed in 1901, includes a fascia made up of ornate bottle green tiles highlighted in reds and yellow; a luscious example of late Victorian architectural extravagance.

The Colliery Hotel occupies a prominent corner site at the junction of Boldon Lane and Stanley Street. Built around 1904 opposite a railway crossing, the public house would have been frequented by workers from the nearby Harton Colliery in Harton Lane. The red-bricked upper floor and tiled ground floor frontage remain in good condition. The name was recently changed to 'Last Orders'.

Built between 1938 and 1939. An imposing building, with its confection of mock Tudor beams and pseudo-heraldry.

Includes the central building, gatehouses, gateway and boundary walls, original poor law building and laundry. By R.J. Johnson of Austin & Johnson, 1871-3. Early example of Queen Anne revival and closer to the original style than most houses of that movement. Domestic-looking main block of five bays. Hipped roof, modillion cornice. Tripartite windows in centre bay, sashes with stone surrounds lifting into segmental pediments. One-storey corridor links to a pedimented pavilion and to a later taller wing (1897-9) with a wooden cupola and two towers at the back. Lodges in same style. Additions towards St. Michael's Avenue. Named after Robert Ingham, South Shields first MP in 1832 and remaining so until 1868. A plaque records his "public usefulness". The infirmary expanded after the John Redhead Wing opened in 1899. Further wings spread north over the gardens and to the south. By the 1980s the site was redundant, became ripe for development and so the Conservation Area was extended and the hospital buildings added to the Local List {1 and 2}. 24 cots were placed in the children's ward as a First War Memorial {www.newmp.org.uk W101.02}. One cot was a memorial for the South African War {www.newmp.org.uk W101.03}. One cot was a memorial for five Civil Defence Wardens killed in World War Two {www.newmp.org.uk W101.04}. The plaques which commemorated the memorial cots have been moved to South Tyneside District Hospital. Much of the infirmary was demolished in 1990-1 and replaced by flats in 1992 {www.newmp.org.uk}.

Original railings and stone piers associated with Ingham Infirmary.

Neat three-storey late Victorian curved terrace. The upper levels are in white faience panels (glazed terracotta) designed to repel industrial stains. This is in very poor condition and requires repair. The buildings have decorative eaves and string courses. On the ground floor is a mix of shopfronts. Some have metal grilles in the stallrisers. Common colour scheme, slate roof and brick chimneys. Formerly known as Chandlers' Buildings, nos. 53-67 Mill Dam have an historical association to the area as well as a strong visual presence. They form a neat, three-storey, late Victorian curved terrace designed to face the central hub of the area. They retain prominent upper levels in white faience panels (glazed terracotta), illustrating high quality (good for repelling industrial stains). Decorative eaves and string courses also feature. Vertically proportioned windows survive at upper level, as do an authentic mix of ground level windows and shop fronts, some with metal grilles in the stall risers. Unity to the group comes from the common colour scheme and the largely unbroken sweep of the roof and brick chimneys. A change to residential use has led to some loss of authenticity, notably to the number and character of doorways.

Two-storey white painted public house. Quoins. Pub frontage is green.