War memorial to Great War and World War Two. C1920. Ashlar and bronze. Octagonal stepped base to high panelled, corniced plinth and tall tapered chamfered cross with low relief cross and leaves. Long inscription on east face of base made up of individual bronze letters, some removed. Plaque on north to an airman (posthumous VC) who avoided Ryhope when crash landing. Large letters on west face of base PRO PATRIA GREAT WAR 1914-1918. Eight panels on plinth each have about 50 names from WW1. LISTED GRADE 2

Gates, gate piers and railings to grammar school. C1925. Brick piers with painted concrete dressings. Wrought-iron gates with spiral finials. Spike-headed railings. LISTED GRADE 2

Grammar school, later tertiary college, c1925. Brick with painted concrete dressings. Tiled roof. Symmetrical neo-Greek style. One-storey, with 2-storey entrance blocks flanking centre. Projecting entrance pavilions have painted central bays with 6-panelled double doors. Corniced panels above to sill of first floor sashes. Flanking bays have sashes with brick flat arches and painted sills. Bays defined by giant pilasters with lotus and acanthus leaf capitals. Plain chimneys with louvred ridge ventilators. The building was recorded ahead of conversion into student accomodation in 2013 by Archaeological Research Services Ltd. The report concluded that a number of alterations and additions had been made to the building following its initial construction. The most notable of these was the extension built onto the north side of the building in the 1970s (now demolished). The building was deisgned by locally important architect Clare Arnold Clayton Greene who was also responsible for several ecclesiastical and public buildings in Sunderland. LISTED GRADE 2

Parish church. 1887-9 by C Hodgson Fowler. Paid for by Bishop Lightfoot, Bishop of Durham. Site bought with voluntary contributions from the people of Hendon. Ashlar with Lakeland slate roof with stone gable copings, cross finials and spire. Early English style. Chancel with north vestry and meeting room and south chapel. Aisled nave with south-west tower.
Exterior – lancet windows. 4-stage tower has boarded door with elaborate hinges in a surround with ball-flower-stopped dripmould. Polygonal stair turret with stone roof.
West elevation has WW1 war memorial panel and cross in low relief.
Interior – Arches on quatrefoil piers. King post roof. Sanctuary has full-height richly-carved reredos of 1901 with crucifix and many statues including Old Testament prophets, apostles and Northern saints. Models were made for the statues by a Mr Floyce, a Frenchman who was executed by Roddis of Birmingham. The statues were a gift from Bishop Lightfoot and are made of Bath stone.
Shafted chancel arch with inner arch on corbels. North chancel has organ arch at west. South Lady Chapel has rich furnishings including altar by Hicks and Charlewood, wrought-iron screens and communion rail. Plain wrought-iron pulpit on ashlar plinth. Scheme of stained glass drawn up by Rev. GF Brownie, Canon of St Paul’s, London and Bishop of Bristol. Includes richly coloured pictures of Anglo-Saxon saints and kings in aisles, east and west windows commemorate the life of Bishop Lightfoot. Foundation stone in south-west porch dated 25 October 1887.
The church was provided to meet the needs of one of the most crowded areas of Sunderland. LISTED GRADE 2

Low serpentine brick wall with ashlar coping, 4-panelled ashlar piers with plinth, cornice and obelisk finial, ornamental wrought-iron gates and railings. C1870. Main entrance to site now transferred to west of superintendent’s house. SCHEDULED ANCIENT MONUMENT; LISTED GRADE 2

Superintendent’s house to water pumping station. C1869. Possibly by Hawksley. Brick with ashlar quoins and dressings. Welsh slate roof with stone gable copings and tall corniced brick chimneys. L-plan with projecting cross-wing. 2 storeys. Renewed central door in corniced stone surround. Stone mullions and transoms to all windows. Canted bay with lead-covered hipped roof under 2-light window and slit in gable peak. SCHEDULED ANCIENT MONUMENT; LISTED GRADE 2

Two cooling ponds and one reservoir for water pumping station. 1866-70. By T. Hawksley. Rock-faced snecked stone walls with ashlar coping. Two small cooling ponds with shaped corners lie north and south of the engine house. The large reservoir lies across the width of the site to the east of the engine house but is covered and grassed over at time of survey with gauges set into a concrete platform in the turf. SCHEDULED ANCIENT MONUMENT; LISTED GRADE 2

Water pumping station chimney. 1866-9. By Hawksley. For the Sunderland and South Shields Water Co. Brick with cast-iron cresting. High panelled corniced plinth supports tall tapered octagonal chimney with prominent cornice and ornamental cresting. SCHEDULED ANCIENT MONUMENT; LISTED GRADE 2*

Terrace of 9 houses, now mostly offices, with steps and wrought-iron handrails with ornate bases and newels. 1853-65. By Martin Greener. Garden wall bond brick with red mortar and painted ashlar dressings. Welsh slate roof with ashlar-coped brick chimneys with tall octagonal castellated yellow pots. 2 storeys and basements. 4-panel doors between pilasters supporting heavily-corniced entablature with patera. Sash windows with stone sills. Some inserted roof lights. No. 1 has full-height canted bay window and 2 round-headed attic windows. LISTED GRADE 2

House. Mid C18 with late C19 alterations. Brick with rendered right return. Welsh slate roof. Brick chimneys. 2 storeys. Irregular fenestration – partial flat brick arches of former windows now blocked. C20 porch has 6-panel door and plain overlight in altered doorcase. Renewed sash windows with glazing bars have flat brick arches. Those on ground floor under dentilled brick eaves cornice. Roof has late C19 ridge tiles and rebuilt chimneys. Late C20 conservatory added to right return. LISTED GRADE 2