Hospital of the Holy Jesus
Hospital of the Holy Jesus
HER Number
16615
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Hospital of the Holy Jesus
Place
Spital Tongues
Map Sheet
NZ26NW
Class
Health and Welfare
Site Type: Broad
Almshouse
Site Type: Specific
Almshouse
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Mid 20th Century 1933 to 1966
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Shown on the Ordnance Survey plan of 1939. The brick single storey almshouses, to the north of what was then St. Mary Magdalene Home, have a cloister layout. In 1959 38 detached brown brick and render bungalows with pitched concrete roofs, were added, replacing the workers terraces north of Hunter's Road.
Easting
423580
Northing
565660
Grid Reference
NZ423580565660
Sources
North of England Civic Trust, February 2009, Spital Tongues, Newcastle upon Tyne - Suggested Conservation Area Scoping Study, Draft Report, p 11