Listed buildings

The Local List is a list of buildings, structures and spaces that do not meet the criteria for national listing by Historic England but are still important to the people of South Tyneside.

They are often referred to as heritage assets, or locally significant heritage assets.

Why we need a Local List

Central government require local planning authorities to set out a positive, proactive strategy for heritage assets in their area. They must consider the contribution of these assets to an area's sense of place.

Being included on the list does not provide any additional planning controls over buildings, structures or spaces. However, being on the list does recognise their importance and before any planning decisions are made their special local interest will be taken into account.

Local listing is a way for a local community and councils to jointly decide what it is in their area that they would like recognised as a 'local heritage asset' and therefore worthy of some degree of protection in the planning system.

Local lists also help encourage greater partnership working between local councils, community representatives and others with an interest in the historic environment.

This allows proper protection of those parts of the historic environment that the community values and also provides developers to understand:

• the location of those heritage assets
• what it is about them that is worth considering

What can be included on the Local List

The list includes a variety of buildings that:

• use traditional vernacular materials and construction techniques
• are local landmarks
• are good examples of buildings by local architects, or
• are historically important to the borough

To be included on the Local List, a building, object or site had to meet one or more of the following criteria:

Historic interest

• Does it relate to an important aspect of local social, cultural, religious, political or economic history?
• Is it historically associated with an important local feature?

Historic association

• Is it closely associated with famous local people, local historic events, strong community or social development significance or people? (this must be well documented)
• Does it relate closely to any statutorily protected structure or site?

Architectural and design merit

• Is the surviving building / structure / park or garden the work of a particular architect or designer that illustrates local or regional architectural history or design?
• Does it show qualities of age, style or distinctive characteristics relative to the area?

Townscape merit

• Does it provide an important visual amenity locally? For instance, does it make interesting use of visually significant sites and form a landmark?
• Is it a notable building on an important route into the area, which creates a vista or contributes to the skyline?
• Does it emphasize corner sites or provide focal points in the townscape?

Street furniture or other structures could also be included in the local list, for example, boundary markers, post boxes, memorials, lamp posts and statues.

View South Tyneside's current local list:

SPD21 Locally Significant Heritage Assets (November 2011)

SPD21 Locally Significant Heritage Assets - Technical Appendices (November 2011)

New sites nominated for the new Local List

The Local List nominations are now closed.

We're pleased with the variety of sites that have been recommended for addition to the Local List.

See below for the list of sites nominated in South Tyneside: 

• Comical Corner and Ha'panny ferry landing steps, Wapping Street 
• Westoe Methodist Church 
• Monkton Methodist Church 
• St Mark's Church 
• 70 Ellison Street 
• Fields at Fellgate 
• Kennedy's Public House 
• Steamboat Public House 
• Occupation Road - Heritage Footpath 
• Kennedy's PH 
• Temple Town Methodist Chapel 
• Former Victorian Police Station 
• Back of 33 Beach Road, NE33 2QU 
• Adam and Eve Public House 
• Crown/Harbour Lights Public House 
• Look Out Public House 
• Pier Hotel Public House 
• The Old Ship Public House 
• Lord Nelson Pub 
• Historic sports field, Monkton 
• Royal British Legion, South Shields 
• Target Rock 
• Albion Tavern (Public House) 
• Alum Ale House 
• Waterloo Chambers 
• Masonic Hall 
• Jewish Temple 
• Sculpture - La strada nightclub 
• Harton Hall 
• T.S. Collingwood, (Formerly H.M.S. Satellite) 
• Limestone Boundary Walls, North Road, East Boldon 
• Garage Block, Front Street, East Boldon (between Toad Hall and 35 Front Street) 
• 44 - 60 Front Street, East Boldon 
• 115 King Street 
• Whitburn gate posts and mining plaques 
• Historic Passageways leading from Front Street, East Boldon 
• 1 - 4a St. Bede's, East Boldon 
• Old Ship, Sunderland Road and Marsden Road 
• The County, Wood Terrace and Sunderland Road 
• The Westoe, Westoe Road and Horsley Hill Road 
• The Fountain, Highfield 
• Jolly Sailor, East Street 
• Cottage Tavern, North Street 
• Black Horse, West Boldon 
• 1 - 7 The Terrace, East Boldon 
• 1 - 19 North Lane, East Boldon 
• 85 - 91 Front Street, East Boldon 
• Church Hall, United Reformed Church, Front Street, East Boldon 
• Lime Kilns at Boldon Golf Course, Dipe Lane, West Boldon 
• Field bordered by Sunderland road, Sunniside Lane and Occupation Road 
• 2 - 13 Bridle Path, East Boldon 
• 35 Front Street (South Farm), East Boldon 
• Fenwicks Furniture Store 
• Pilot Jetty 
• St Stephens World War One Memorial Plaque 
• Trinity Towers, Lawe Top 
• South Shields Equitable Co-operative Society 
• Brunswick Street Yemeni Boarding House 
• Former Regent Cinema and Mecca Bingo Hall, South Shields 
• Foyboat Station, River Drive 
• Freemason's Hall, Ingham Street 
• Trimmers Arms Public House, Commercial Road 
• Wapping Street Railway 
• Westoe Colliery 
• Harton Hall Cottages, Moor Lane 
• Marsden Miners Hall 
• Harton Village School, Moor Lane 
• Red House Farmyard Wall, Sunderland Road 
• Caretaker's Lodge old Boys High School, Mowbray Road 

Some sites that have been nominated are already Grade Listed monuments, meaning they are already receiving the highest level of protection at the national level.

The following nomination is already a Listed site, which cannot be included on the Local List: 

The Grotto, Cleadon

What happens next

The next step is for these nominations to be assessed against the Local List criteria.

A panel of experts will come together in a few months to review the nominations one by one.

The panel is made up of local historians, and experts in local archaeology, town planning, and architecture.

After the nominations have been approved for addition, the new Local Lists will be presented to the Borough's cabinet for adoption.

By 2023, the Borough will have a brand new Local List, which will be easily accessible to the public.   

If your property has been nominated

Having your property nominated for the List means that it is valuable to the community in some way.

Being added to the Local List is an additional consideration during the planning process but does not stop you from submitting any applications. There are also no extra steps required in the application process.  

If you notice an error in the list of nominations

If something is missing or wrong, please contact the Local List project manager at ClaireEmbreeLalonde@Gateshead.Gov.UK.