Summerhill Grove, school

HER Number:
6284

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Summerhill Grove, school

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Education

Site Type: Broad:
Institute

Site Type: Specific:
Professional Institute

General Period:
POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period:
Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence?

Description:
Shown on Ordnance Survey Second Edition. The central stone block of the school was designed by John Dobson. It was built 1850-51 as a replacement hall for the Barber Surgeons, whose old hall in the Manors was demolished for Manors Station. From 1851-1857 it housed one of the two rival medical colleges that were formed from the old college at the old Barber Surgeons Hall. In 1857, this college merged with its rival, moving to their building off Neville Street. The Barber Surgeons sold the building for St Pauls' Church of England School in 1862.

Easting:
423900

Northing:
564000

Grid Reference:
NZ423900564000

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Ordnance Survey Second Edition, 1890; City Guides Information A-Z, 1988