The Plaza was built by a syndicate whose chairman was John Thompson, joint owner of the Lyric in Heaton and who also built the Plaza at Birtley. The architect was Charles S. Errington of Newcastle. Built in lemon coloured plate pressed bricks, with the ground floor in rustic brick with artificial stone dressings. Described by Frank Manders as "large and featureless, far from being an architectural asset to the town". The £20,000 1200 seat auditorium had stalls and circle, decorated in autumnal shades with petunia decoration. The projection room had two Simplex machines with Stelmar arcs. The Plaza was opened by Henry Bolton, chairman of Blaydon UDC on 21 December 1936. In 1953 the Plaza was damaged by fire. The circle, projection room, roof, screen and stage were destroyed. It was over a year until it re-opened, decorated in red and tangerine with maroon and stone-coloured carpets. After some years of cine-bingo from December 1962, the cinema was bought by William Testo of Hartlepool as a bingo club only. Demolished in 2005 but recorded beforehand.

Township boundary appears on mid nineteenth century maps, probably much earlier, possible medieval origin. Presently comprises a deep ditch on the west side and bank on the east side up to 1m high and 2.5m wide.

Shown on the Fryer survey of 1820, the Holywell Tithe of 1840 and subsequent surveys. The first edition plan shows a gingang. The farm extended between the mid-late 19th century. Survives as a working farm. The main farm building, Grange House is the southern most building. A barn was recorded by TWM in 2012 ahead of conversion. The late 18th-early 19th century barn was found to be externally largely unchanged. Internally no original fixtures or fittings survived. No further work was recommended following the recording.

The farmstead of Wolf Hill is marked on the Fryer survey of 1820, the Tithe Award of 1840 and Ordnance Survey first edition of 1865. Gone by Ordnance Survey second edition of 1898. The site is mentioned in medieval documents as Wolf-Law. Holywell formed an outlying member of the Bywell barony. During the thirteenth century a number of holdings were granted to the Benedictine nunnery of St. Bartholomew at Newcastle, and it is interesting to note that surveys of this period contain field names, such as Wolf-Law, which survived into the late nineteenth century. After being divided between a number of landholders, the lands of Holywell were leased to Thomas Bates of Morpeth (Queen's surveyor for the county) in 1553, after they were confiscated from the Marquis of Northampton for his support of Lady Jane Grey. The lands continued to be held by the Bates family until recent times (except for a short period in 1570 when Thomas Bates was arrested and put in the tower for his part in the rebellion of the Northern Earls). On 26 April 1707 Nicholas Fenwick sold land to William Grey. The Greys became the major landholder in Backworth. In 1822 the Duke of Northumberland purchased land from the Grey family including Wolf Hill Farm.

Shown on third edition Ordnance Survey south of the Methodist church.

Marked on the second edition Ordnance Survey of 1897 at the southern tip of Havelock Place. Gone by 1950 OS.

Havelock Place was also known locally as "C Pit Row". Built to accommodate workers at the Backworth Colliery C Pit. Construction was well under way by the first edition Ordnance Survey of c.1855 and by the 3rd edition of 1920, the settlement formed a triangle with a central open space. Demolished c.1938.

Alison Deegan - The Ordnance Survey map of 1865 shows a small worker’s village labelled Havelock Place in a triangle of land south of Backwork Colliery. By the date of the earliest air photo its two terrace rows had been demolished and survived only as low earthworks amongst which some individual buildings can be discerned. The remains of the western most terrace were largely obscured by a long pile of spoil. The area of this village has now been relandscaped and is partly wooded.

Shown on third edition Ordnance Survey. Survives as a railway embankment with some railway sleepers and sleeper supports scattered around.

Formerly Westoe Villa.
Circa 1830.
Red brick, stone window heads, hipped slate roof. Dignified early C19 villa.
Two storeys. Ashlar plinth and eaves cornice. Rusticated stone quoins. The main
south elevation of 7 bays. The 5 central bays break forward. Generous space
between these and the 2 outer bays. Sashes to windows except for the 2 first floor
outer ones whose sills have been raised and both re-glazed. Continuous cill to
ground and first floor windows and floor band above ground floor window heads.
All 3 bands are carried right round the building.
Former central door, now a window, with projecting Roman Doric portico.
Side elevation of 2 bays.
The north elevation, fronting Wood Terrace, has been altered, but what must have
been a most restrained elevation can still be appreciated.
The stone cornice has been removed and replaced by plain brick. Several new
windows have been inserted. The original windows consist of a tall semi-circular
headed staircase window sashed with 'gothick' tracery to its head, with one sashed
window to ground and first floors to either side.
Site acquired by Christopher Wood in 1828. The house built for the Wood family
who were Brewers of South Shields (History of Westoe Village, Amy Flagg 1964) {1}. A large two storey formal villa, simple block plan, slight detailing, low hipped roof, two large stone chimneys. Simple south front has a small stone portico. The high brick wall has a blocked-up gateway. The building has been over-cleaned. Now four flats. The gardens have been latterly in use as nurseries. Alansway Gardens, a small estate of 13 detached houses, has now been built in the grounds.

1881-82. Austin, Johnson and Hicks architects.
1886. The hammerbeam roof put in.
1894. The north and south aisles added.
1909. The tower built.
Built in red brick with ashlar dressings. In the "Decorated" style with a certain
French feeling which with the combination of the brick and stone imparts an air of
richness and elaboration.
The nave and chancel under the one high pitched roof.
The aisles have flat roofs.
The most original feature is the free standing octagonal campanile at the south-east
corner. Built in 1909, an octagonal tower with sandstone detailing, spiked with pinnacles and topped by a slender green spire.
Has a window by Kempe {1}. Mostly 1881-2 by Austin, Johnson & Hicks, but finished gradually. Aisles of 1894. Large and prosperous, red brick and stone dressings. Porches to left and right of the west baptistery. Vestries 1901. Isolated polygonal campanile (1909 by Hicks & Charlewood) at the north-east. Inside, low heavy hammerbeam roof. Octagonal piers and arches dying into them {2}. Deteriorating in condition - boarded up windows, disused outbuildings, rusty floodlight boxes, neglected grounds [2002].