Parish church. 1841-2 by Thomas Liddell with additions 1888. Coursed squared
sandstone, with ashlar dressings; plinth; roof of Welsh slate has flat stone
gable coping. Nave with south porch; north aisle, 1888 north porch to
chancel. South front: trefoil window in gable of porch, shouldered
door in return in chamfered jambs; 2 pairs of lancet windows flanked by
buttresses; lower chancel set back has 2 lancets. Strings at sills and at
head of coped buttresses; clasping buttresses to nave and angle to chancel.
East front has 3 cusped lancets,quatrefoil over; sill string. North side
has 5 lancets; central buttress. West front has 3 lancets with sill string,
slit window in gable peak; bellcote corbelled out above. Cross finials.

Pinfold. Probably C18; restored and repaired 1974. Round-topped rubble
wall to 6-sided enclosure has opening at lower end, under round-copped
lintel, with stone sill. Interior: low retaining wall of coursed squared
sandstone; stone-lined drain from this wall to centre of north wall
formerly contained stream. Arched opening on south to street at top of bank.

C14 canopy re-used in late C19 to form fountain. Sandstone headstops to
crocketed canopy on stone lintel; shouldered head to recess formerly containing
fountain. Pevsner - unusual drinking fountain, the cover a re-used medieval crocketed canopy, possibly from old Durham Market House (cf. masonry at nearby Thorpe House). Dated C14-19th.

House, now 3 separate dwellings. 1863, incorporating mediaeval masonry from
Market House, Durham. For Charles Thorpe, Rector of Ryton 1807-1863. Coursed
squared sandstone with quoins. Steep roof of Welsh slate with stone gable
copings. H-plan, 2 storeys; 1, 3 and 1 bays. West elevation to garden: central
Norman arch, with chevron and billet moulding, flanked by moulded round headed
openings containing door at left and window at right. Nailhead decoration to
4-light round window above flanked by narrow sashes in chamfered irregular-block
surrounds. Gables either side: at left a 2-light Decorated window under a 2-light
Transitional window; trefoil in gable. At right a 3-stepped Norman window with
chevron and bobbin moulding under paired round headed sashes in chamfered
irregular-block surrounds; round indented window in gable peak. Roof has trefoil-
moulded apex to gable copings; one rear and 2 ridge tall ashlar chimneys with
conjoined plinths on cornices. Interior of Thorpe House at north has closed-
string stair with balustrade of alternate spiral and flat turned balusters and
pew-end panels; grip handrail. Sources: Newcastle Daily Journal 29 June 1862;
W. Bourn Ryton Parish (Carlisle 1896) p.38.

There is archaeological interest in the house due to the known incorporation of decorative medieval elements from Durham, but this is very unlikely to be found within the offshot. As discussed above, it appears to have been built from the mid-C20, possibly re-using C19 material.

House. Late C18. Coursed squared sandstone with plinth; low-pitched roof
of Lakeland slates has flat stone gable coping and 2 truncated end brick
chimneys. 2 storeys, 3 windows. East elevation to the Green has central
double door flanked by 2 large sash windows with glazing bars in plain
reveals under 3 wooden mullioned and transomed windows, all with sill band
and splayed stone lintels. Moulded eaves band. Right return; broad
intersecting tracery to round-headed window, with brick arch and stone
key and impost blocks in gable peak. 2 similar windows in left return and
2 in rear elevation.

House. C18, altered C19 and C20. Sandstone rubble with quoins; roof of C20
pantiles. 2 storeys, 3 windows. Central glazed door under oblong fanlight
and hood on large brackets. Chamfered flat stone lintels and projecting stone
sills to sashes with glazing bars. Interior not inspected but shows window
shutters.

Billiard and snooker rooms, now outpatients department. Dated 1885 on lintel.
Sandstone ashlar with rusticated plinth and raised quoins. Welsh slate roof
with wood and glass ridge ventilators. Half-hexagonal ends; one storey, 3 bays.
Central door; architraves to door, flanking windows, and windows in canted bays
on left and right returns. Sill band. Door in right return has inscription
18JR-C-E85 on lintel. Central ashlar chimney and 2 louvred lights to half-
hexagonal hip-ended roof.

Early 1870s built as part of the landscaping to Saltwell Park Mansion for
William Wailes, the stained glass manufacturer. Two levels of rusticated stone
walls with plinths and copings and octagonal corner towers with battlements U-
and L-shaped on plan and enclosing a small upper and larger lower belvedere.
Associated flights of stairs. These buildings form appropriate southern and
western approaches to the mansion.

1841 by Thomas Oliver. Dressed stone with Welsh slate roof, corniced stone end chimneys. Two storeys. Four windows, eight-pane sashes, on first floor, two double casements below flanking a studded door with oblong fanlight up six stone steps with cast iron handrails. Stone bracketed eaves cornice. Hoodmoulds over upper windows. First floor band raised above ground floor windows. High plinth.
History: built as a reading room for the miners of Low Fell from subscriptions collected locally. Also included a school.

1856 by John Wardle. Lions carved by Anthony Kell of Chester-le-Street and
John Lamb Burnie. Ashlar wall with plinth and flat coping. Plain square piers to
stable entrance at north end. Main entrance is segmental on plan with low walls,
patterned cast iron railings and square end piers. Carriage entrance (gates missing)
flanked by large round arches, framed in Doric entablature with stone lions
couchants on plinths above, holding matching gates to pedestrian entrances.