A well is shown on Ordnance Survey first edition.

An icehouse is shown on Ordnance Survey first edition.

Kennels are shown on Ordnance Survey first edition, presumably for hunting dogs.

A sluice is shown on Ordnance Survey first edition on the north side of the lake.

Described on the Ordnance Survey first edition as a "fish pond" but it was in fact a 1km long ornamental serpentine lake, with a boat house (HER 7904) and sluice (HER 7906). The lake began life as a millpond created in 1638 by William Selby III of the White House to power a mill to pump water out of his coal workings. See HER 13587.

The lake was used for curling by the Newcastle and North Shields Curling Club. The club formed in Percy Main in 1843, and played matches at Clousden Hill and Fenham before moving to Axwell Park. In 1864 the club moved to an artificial pond in Pelaw.

A boat house is shown on Ordnance Survey first edition on the north side of the lake.

On the north side of the lake was a house covered in shells known as "Shell House", which Bourn notes was demolished by fire by Sir Henry A. Clavering on 22nd March 1876 after it had fallen into decay.

A retaining wall fronted by a ditch, running northeast to southwest from the walled garden (HER 6024). The wall is constructed of small to medium roughly hewn sandstone blocks.

According to the legend, the "Lambton Worm" coiled itself three times around the hill. Some say that this relates to Penshaw Hill where the Earl of Durham's Monument is located (HER 3094) - there are earthworks around Penshaw Hill. The young heir of the Lambton Estate, according to the rhyme, was finishing one Sunday when he was supposed to be at church, and caught an "evil-looking worm" which he tore off his hook and through down a well. Whilst the boy grew up and went abroad to fight, the worm grew in the well until it had the strength to climb out. Eventually it slithered out, basked on a rock during the day, and then coiled itself round the hill near Lambton Castle. It became the terror of the neighbourhood, eating sheep, lambs and cows, trampling cornfields and meadows. In desperation the farmers filled a trough in Lambton Castle with milk, and the worm drank the equivalent of the yield of nine cows every day. Many knights tried and failed to kill the worm. After seven years the young Lord of Lambton returned from battle. He consulted a witch who told him that after he had killed the worm, he must slay the first living thing he met, or the Lords of Lambton would be cursed, never to die in their beds for nine generations. Lord Lambton stood on a rock in the river, his armour studded with blades, and cut off part of the worm's tail. The worm coiled itself round the Lord's body and legs, and was cut by the spear blades on his armour. The Lord cut the creature into pieces, which were washed away by the River Wear. Seeing the death of the monster, the young Lord's father rushed to congratulate him. The son could not obey the witch's advise and so killed a hound which had come out of the wood. So the worm was slain, but it was said that for nine generations no Lord of Lambton died peacefully in his bed.

The Houghton Burn passes through the centre of Houghton. A Mr Coulson had an area of the burn excavated to create a lake. The lake is shown on the Ordnance Survey third edition map of 1919. It was a popular leisure resort for boating. The diversion of the burn affected the running of the flint mill (HER 3164) and so the owners protested for the stream to be restored to its former course. Eventually two brothers, Robinson, Darlington showmen, infilled the lake and made it into a showground where Houghton Feast (established to mark the anniversary of the dedication of St. Michael's Church) fairground was held. Also used as a football ground.