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Tees Street, SEAHAM, SR7 7DE

On the corner of South Railway Street and Adelaide Row. Originally a Newcastle Breweries pub and previously named the Masons Arms (1831-1861) and Northumberland Arms. It acquired the name The Inn Between in the 1980s. It was refurbished and opened up in 2020 after being closed and boarded up for ten years. Image

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Former Literary and Scientific Institute. 1853-5 by Thomas Oliver. Grade 2 Listed. It was used as a parish room by the St. John's Church Men's Room Committee in 1914. It is a handsome structure of freestone of the Grecian Doric order, and cost £2000 to build.

The internals of this public house seem to have been gutted and the building is beginning to look a little forlorn. It is my understanding that this was previously known as the Duke of Wellington. It was so named after the Duke of Wellington himself visited the Londonderry's at there family seat in Seaham Hall around 1827. It is on South Railway Street.

A black marble plaque was unveiled in 2017 in the Clock Garden in memory of the crew of HMS Seaham https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3190.html At top left is the badge of HMS Seaham. The text reads: DEDICATED TO THE SHIPS COMPANY WHO CARRIED THE TOWNS NAME IN THE SERVICE OF OUR COUNTRY HMS SEAHAM WAS A BANGOR CLASS MINESWEEPER, COMMISSIONED AND FUNDED BY THE PEOPLE OF SEAHAM DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR. THIS SHIP HAD A GLORIOUS AND DISTINCTIVE WAR RECORD, CARRYING OUT ESCORT DUTIES FOR CONVOYS, AND MORE NOTABLE AS. A MINESWEEPER. HMS SEAHAM WAS ALSO INVOLVED IN THE DANGEROUS TASK OF CLEARING OF SHIPPING LINES PRIOR TO THE D DAY LANDING IN 1944. unveiled by Rt Hon G Morris 2017. North East War Memorials Project: http://www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=11613

Built in the mid-19th century, Rock House became a community centre in 1931. It doesn't appear to be listed and the site was recently offered for sale at £160,000. The house now appears to be in very poor condition.

The Clock Garden is home to a number of memorials, including, on the right, one to the crew of HMS Seaham Image The bronze plaque in the foreground shows the plans drawn up for Seaham by the architect John Dobson for local developer Charles Stewart, the 3rd Marquess of Londonderry. Shortage of money after developing the harbour and railway connection meant that only a few of the elaborate buildings in this area of the town could actually be built. Image The clock in the background was erected to celebrate the millennium. Image

The cafe on Church Street was established in 1920 and was originally an ice cream parlour. Woolworths opened next door in 1936. It closed in 1989 and for a time was an Ethel Austin shop. More recently it has housed a charity shop.

The bronze plaque in the foreground shows the plans drawn up for Seaham by the architect John Dobson for local developer Charles Stewart, the 3rd Marquess of Londonderry. Shortage of money after developing the harbour and railway connection meant that only a few of the elaborate buildings in this area of the town could actually be built.