Penshaw House was listed Grade II in 1985 with the following description:
'House, now social services assessment centre and 2 dwellings. Circa 1830. Ashlar; low-pitched roof of Welsh slate with flat stone gable coping. 2 storeys, 3 windows on West elevation. Central half-glazed door between narrow windows in flat Tuscan doorcase; tripartite sash windows at ground floor, single sashes at first, all with glazing bars. Cill band, eaves cornice and blocking course. 2 end brick chimneys. Interior shows architraves to 5-panelled doors, window shutters and some moulded cornices and patterned friezes. Staircase has decorated tread ends.' {1}
Nathaniel Hindhaugh, a Colliery Agent for Lord Londonderry is listed at the property in the 1851 census. Hindhaugh was responsible for the diversion of the road to create private grounds at Penshaw House in 1847. In 1861 John Allison, a corn manufacturer is listed at Penshaw House. In 1871 is was occupied by three servants suggesting that the main house was unoccupied but still in use by a family of some means. It was described as unoccupied between 1879-1881. By 1890 it was home to Frank Stobart. In 1891 head of the house is recorded as Richard Thompson. By 1912 it was home to Herbert and Olive Watson - Olive was Richard Thompson's niece. Following the Great War the house was occupied by George Horner - it is assumed he lived at the house until his death in 1947. Horner was the last private resident. The house then became a nursery for children born out of wedlock. In 1970 it became a remand home and has since then been used by different agencies involved in social work with young people. Parts of the original building have been demolished over the past 20 years. The gardens, lodge and gateway etc that Hindhaugh created in the mid 19th century were destroyed by the Washington Highway. The house was recorded by ASUD in 2012. It retains some internal features such as cornicing, friezes and picture rails. LISTED GRADE 2

Parish church, 1885-6 by H. Morton of South Shields. Snecked sandstone with ashlar dressings; graduated Scottish slate roof. Nave, north and south aisles, north porch, chancel with north and south porches. Early English style. Chancel porch had 6-foil window above paired lancets. North porch pointed arch to door. Clerestory had 3 lancets to each bay. Cross and vane finials. Interior – brick with sandstone ashlar dressings. Nave arcades. Chancel with double piscina. Vestry door. Mosaic and terrazzo floor. Marble inlay to font and pulpit. Light shades on nave arcades were for original electric lighting supplied by the nearby colliery. Was listed grade 2 but now demolished.

Monument. 1878, erected by Sir George Elliot, Bart MP. In memory of his father Ralph Elliot of Penshaw Colliery, died 1872, and his mother, brothers and son. Chest of grey granite sides and pink granite top. Iron railings set between 6 low square pillars with pyramidal tops. On stone base. LISTED GRADE 2

Parish church. 1745; 1876-77 alterations by CH Fowler. Coursed squared sandstone. Welsh slate roof. Norman style. 3-bay nave with south porch and north vestry. Lower apse to shallow chancel. 3 grouped round-headed windows in round-headed recess in bay. 3 round-headed windows in apse. Belfry. LISTED GRADE 2

House. Mid C18. Coursed squared limestone. Welsh slate roof. 2 storeys. One wooden bay window with sashes. 6-panelled door left under oblong fanlight in flat Tuscan doorcase. One end brick chimney. Railings and wall in front. Listed for group value. LISTED GRADE 2

House. Mid C18. Coursed squared limestone. Welsh slate roof. 2 storeys. Sash windows. Round-headed doorway left containing boarded door. Central 4-panelled door under fanlight. 2 end brick chimneys. Interior - wide 2-panelled doors in architraves, wide-splayed windows have shutters, narrow open-well staircase. Cast iron railings and gate in front. Tasselled spear-headed standards with spiral sections on low wall. LISTED GRADE 2

House, now two separate dwellings. Mid C18. Brick with rusticated stone quoins. Welsh slate roof. 2 storeys. Sash windows with glazing bars. Central door in architrave under frieze and cornice. 2 end brick chimneys. Railings on dwarf walls, cast-iron, spearheaded with finials to principals. LISTED GRADE 2

House. Early C19. Brick. Welsh slate roof. 2 storeys. 2 modern casement windows on projecting cills and painted lintels. 6-panelled door under fanlight with glazing bars. Rusticated quoins. One brick chimney at left. Listed for group considerations. LISTED GRADE 2

House. Mid C18. Brick with stone dressings. Welsh slate roof. 2 storeys. Sash windows. Wide central 8-panelled door under fanlight. 2 end brick chimneys. Spearheaded railings on dwarf wall and gates enclose area in front. LISTED GRADE 2

House. Late C18. Rendered. Cumbrian slate roof. L-shaped plan. 3 storey part has central 4-panelled door under fanlight and Tuscan doorcase with canopy on wide brackets. Round-headed window over door. Sash windows. 2 dentilled end brick chimneys. 2-storey part has central door flanked by sashes. One rear brick chimney. Spearheaded railings on dwarf wall. House is an east-west range consisting of a three storey house adjoining a two storey building. It was originally constructed as two separate phases before being joined together as one dwelling. Overall development on the site was as it appears today by 1897. The final addition to the main house was the north-west kitchen, first shown on 1950s mapping. Recorded in 2015 ahead of proposed subdivision of the house into two dwellings. There had been a number of internal alterations but the L-plan is still legible. LISTED GRADE 2