Tyne and Wear HER(7881): Spital Tongues, Moor Lodge - Details
7881
Newcastle
Spital Tongues, Moor Lodge
Spital Tongues
NZ26NW
Domestic
Dwelling
House
Early Modern
C19
Documentary Evidence
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.
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6553
NZ23536553
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