Designed by FRN Haswell. Built in 1875 for Edward Shotton (steamship owner, alderman, magistrate, River Tyne Commissioner, Ottoman Vice Consul). Other occupants were his wife Mary Alice Shotton, their daughter Helen, Elizabeth Fawcus the cook, Margaret Bell housemaid, Esther Graham laundry maid and Margaret Davison seamstress. The villa is in a Queen Anne style influenced by architect Butterfield. Built in local mottled red brick with sandstone ashlar dressings. The main entrance framed by Doric columns is on the east elevation, as is the three-storey tower. The tower has lancet and paired round-headed windows and a bracketed cornice below a classical balustrade on the top storey.

A war memorial was unveiled in 1990. The memorial is 31 inches high, 48 inches long and 22 inches wide and takes the form of a table formed of sandstone slabs. A granite panel has a regimental badge (a red anchor and the letters R & A) in the top left corner. "TO THE GLORIUS MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THE 3RD REGIMENT MARITIME ROYAL ARTILLERY WHO LOST THEIR LIVES AT SEA DEFENDING ALLIED MERCHANT SHIPPING 1940-1945. THE REGIMENT WAS BASED HERE AT PRESTON TOWERS AND SERVED ITS COUNTRY WITH DISTINCTION THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. WE WILL REMEMBER THEM. COMMISSIONED BY SURVIVING COMRADES".

In the grounds of St. Cuthbert's RC Church. Unveiled 5th September 1920. A 5m high crucifix on a 2m high base engraved "RIP". Memorial to 138 people killed in the First World War.

Pair of square gate posts surmounted by lamps, now broken. The is a plaque on each post: "OLD BOYS OF THIS SCHOOL WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR KING AND COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919 ERECTED IN SOLEMN PRIDE AND GRATITUDE BY THE OLD STUDENTS UNION 1920 DULCE ET DECORUM EST PRO PATRIA MORI". 67 names are listed. The sculptor was Fraleys of Birmingham {www.newmp.org.uk}.

Shown on Ordnance Survey first edition.

Shown on Ordnance Survey first edition.

This site was added to the Gateshead local list in 2023. The local list description reads:
'Shown on Ordnance Survey first edition. Detached house, now four apartments. 17th century in origin, given five bay symmetrical front in squared stone in two phases in 18th century (note vertical joint to left of central door and first floor window).'

Shown on Ordnance Survey first edition

Whickham Hall, also known as Whickham Rectory was constructed in the 16th century.The hall was attacked by the Scottish army in 1640 at the time of the battle of Newburn. The hall was a rectory until 1713. In c.1740 the south elevation of the hall was remodelled through the construction of a five bay Georgian stone façade and central door, the constuction of new rooms and an attic for servants. From 1830 Whickham Hall became a private school.The hall is associated with extensive grounds and a stable block. In 1906 the hall was extended and split into two cottages.

Designated on 11th July 1974. The boundary was amended on 5th February 1998. A linear Conservation Area including the historic core of the village (HER 694) and Dunston Hill House (HER 5226). The village grew up on the basis of agriculture and coal mining. In the 18th century after the shallow coal seams had been exhausted, it became a residential area for the wealthier classes. Dunston Hill House was built in 1740. In 1787 Whickham's buildings were described as 'modern and handsome'. Whickham was unaffected by colliery housing until the end of the 19th century when miners terraces began to appear at the western end. Since the First World War Whickham has grown as a commuter settlement, now with a population of nearly 15,000. New buildings have been built on Front Street between Rectory Lane and The Square and Chase Park has been created. The old village core includes the parish church (HER 693), council offices (HER 7479), large houses some now in institutional use, Front Street Primary School and The Rectory (HER 4849). The old buildings are mostly sandstone, either ashlar or coursed squared blocks of rubble. Sandstone is also used for walls and gate piers. Roofs are generally pantiled. Many of the more recent buildings use traditional materials. Inappropriate buildings in the CA include St. Mary's Green, a 1970s-1980s shopping centre, Kwik-Save and the Gibside Arms. On the south side of Church Chare there is a simple row of brick cottages. School Lane and Church Chare have a succession of stone frontages. The former grounds of Whickham Park and Dockendale Hall have been built over but the narrow lanes with mature trees, hedges, old walls, gate posts and ancillary buildings and cottages which are of interest. Chase Park is a large recreation ground. Opposite the top of Dunston Bank is a row of individually designed 1920s bungalows.

Shown on Ordnance Survey first edition. The house may survive. The outbuildings/farm buildings have gone.

Terraced houses with gardens front and rear.