Hunter's Moor Hospital

HER Number

7880

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Hunter's Moor Hospital

Place

Spital Tongues

Map Sheet

NZ26NW

Class

Health and Welfare

Site Type: Broad

Hospital

Site Type: Specific

Incurables Hospital

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

The second Home for Incurables was opened on 4 August 1893. It was built on the site of the kitchen gardens of Moor Lodge (the original Home for Incurables, see HER 7881). It was designed by local architect Edward Shewbrook, and opened with great ceremony on 4th August 1893 costing £17, 062. It could house 68 patients. The original hospital tower was later removed. In 1931 the name was changed to the St Mary Magdalene Home. After the NHS took it over in 1948, it became known as Hunter's Moor Hospital.

Easting

423570

Northing

565570

Grid Reference

NZ423570565570

Sources

O. Taylor, 1993, Bygone Spital Tongues; D. Richardson, Tyne and Wear Museums, October 2009, Hunter's Moor Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne - Archaeological Desk Based Assessment; Tyne and Wear Museums, 2010, Hunter's Moor Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne - Archaeological Evaluation; North of England Civic Trust, February 2009, Spital Tongues, Newcastle upon Tyne - Suggested Conservation Area Scoping Study, Draft Report