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Front Street, WHITLEY BAY, NE25 9LA

The attractive village street of Earsdon on the northern edge of the Tyneside conurbation.

A Primitive Methodist Chapel was first built in Earsdon in 1825, and is shown on the first edition of the Ordnance Survey Six-Inch map of the area published in 1865 as being located immediately behind (south of) what is now the Red Lion Public House. It was replaced by the present stone-built chapel, with schoolroom and vestries, in 1886 and although it appears to be small from this angle it has a large basement and an extension to the rear. For a selection of detailed free to download walking routes in the area visit www.northtynesidewalks.co.uk

This Grade II Listed building is believed to have been built in the early part of the 17th century, although it has been subsequently altered. It is built of, "local stone, unsophisticated in treatment" according to the 1992 edition of, 'The Buildings of England Northumberland' by Nikolaus Pevsner. For a selection of detailed free to download walking routes in the area visit www.northtynesidewalks.co.uk

When the first edition of The Ordnance Survey Six-Inch map of the area was published in 1865, Earsdon had a school, pictured here, a post office and three inns: the Phoenix, the Cannon and the Red Lion. A plaque, on the central chimney stack of this building, states the school was built in 1856, whilst a second plaque shows that the building was extended in 1893. The building is now used as a Community Centre. For a selection of detailed free to download walking routes in the area visit www.northtynesidewalks.co.uk

This is the exit from the churchyard into Church Way and stands immediately next to the entrance to the former Vicarage, now a private dwelling. The view into the churchyard through the same passageway can be seen at https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6776443. For a selection of detailed free to download walking routes in the area visit www.northtynesidewalks.co.uk

These stone cottages date from the early part of the 19th century and help to create one of the most attractive aspects of Earsdon Village. Two of the cottages have fine half dormers. For a selection of detailed free to download walking routes in the area visit www.northtynesidewalks.co.uk

This Grade II Listed building was built in the early part of the 19th century and, along with the nearby Manor House, was described in the 'Earsdon Village Conservation Area Character Appraisal' (North Tyneside Council May 2011), "whose impressive scale sees them standing proud amongst more modest-scale properties". Particularly prominent to the passer-by is the central 6-panelled door in a Tuscan porch. It is indeed a very grand house. For a selection of detailed free to download walking routes in the area visit www.northtynesidewalks.co.uk