Moor Lodge

HER Number

7881

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Moor Lodge

Place

Spital Tongues

Map Sheet

NZ26NW

Class

Domestic

Site Type: Broad

House

Site Type: Specific

House

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

This was the home of William Hunter. Located in extensive grounds with a kitchen garden. In 1883 the hospital authorities purchased for £500 the surrender of the lease they had granted to Hunter for Moor Lodge. The house became a Home for Incurables. It opened in 1884 to 21 patients. It was demolished in 1931.

Easting

423530

Northing

565530

Grid Reference

NZ423530565530

Sources

O. Taylor, 1993, Bygone Spital Tongues; North of England Civic Trust, February 2009, Spital Tongues, Newcastle upon Tyne - Suggested Conservation Area Scoping Study, Draft Report