Spital Tongues, Hunter's Moor Hospital

HER Number:
7880

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Spital Tongues, 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:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

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:
2357

Northing:
6557

Grid Reference:
NZ23576557

Lats/Lons:

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