House, 1807. Rendered; roof of Welsh slate. 2 storeys, 5 windows. Central glazed 4-panelled door under patterned oblong fanlight in Greek Doric porch with fluted columns. Sash windows with glazing bars in plain reveals and projecting stone cills. Intersecting tracery to Venetian window over door. First and second floor windows have trompe l’oeil sashes. Ground floor rear windows are horizontal sliding sashes. Corniced ashlar chimneys. Interior – stair either side of full-height entrance hall. LISTED GRADE 2

Opened in 1924, closed on 20 August 1964. Owned by Priestman Collieries LTD until 1947 when the National Coal Board took over.

There was a coal drift at this location. Date unknown. Not shown on Ordnance Survey maps.

Opened before 1794. An explosion on 16 April 1766, killed 27 miners. Exact location of colliery not known.

Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. Linked Ryhope Colliery (HER 6994) to the Silksworth Colliery Railway (HER 6996) which in turn linked up with the Londonderry, Seaham and Sunderland Railway (HER 2894). Ryhope Colliery was opened by Lord Londonderry in 1857.

Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. Built to take coal from Silksworth Colliery (HER 6994) to the Londonderry, Seaham and Sunderland Railway (HER 2894). The colliery was opened in 1869 by Lord Londonderry.

Opened in 1869, closed 6 November 1971. North Pit was at NZ 376 540. Opened by Lord Londonderry, subsequently owned by Londonderry Collieries Ltd, then Lambton and Hetton Collieries Ltd, from 1934 the Lambton Hetton and Joicey Collieries Ltd, and from 1947, the National Coal Board. In 1894 there were 2000 workers at the colliery producing up to 2500 tons of coal a day, which was shipped at Sunderland Docks. Near to the colliery were a few houses for the colliery officials. New Silksworth became a populous colliery village with shops, schools and chapels, and superior housing to the older colliery villages. Residents were able to get brakes and buses to Sunderland as there was no railway connection. The Marquis of Londonderry built a colliery school in 1875 for 290 boys and 290 girls and 270 infants. There were houses for the master and mistress. Work started in April 1893 on the miner's hall in Blind Lane. It was a spacious brick building with stone facings in an Italian style. It included a large lecture hall with gallery and stage, "well lit and tastefully decorated" to seat 900. There were also billiard, reading and recreational rooms. The hall cost £3300.

Opened in 1857, closed 25 November 1966. There were two associated pits - north and west pits. Owned by Lord Londonderry, then Ryhope Coal Company Ltd and from 1947, the National Coal Board. In 1894 2000 men and boys worked here. Daily output was 2200 tons of coal, a small amount used for coke. The colliery village included pitmen's dwellings of "uninviting aspect" {Whellan 1894} in long rows a mile in length, chapels, a school (for 337 boys and 225 girls), a miner's hall, shops and large Cooperative stores. The miner's hall was brick-built, constructed in 1880, and improved circa 1894 costing £1800. It had a large lecture hall to seat 800, reading, recreation and billiard rooms, a committee and secretary's room and a library with 200 volumes.

Opened in 1936, closed 9 March 1968. Owned by Pelaw Main Collieries Ltd until taken over by the National Coal Board in 1947. Now built over by Teams Valley Industrial Estate.

Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition.