St Mary's Hospital, Stannington

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St Mary's Hospital, Stannington
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The administration block of the hospital
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Shown in Northumberland
Geography
Location Stannington, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom
Coordinates 55°07′23″N1°42′58″W / 55.123°N 1.716°W / 55.123; -1.716
Organisation
Care system Public NHS
Funding Government hospital
Type Specialist
Services
Beds500
SpecialityMental Health
History
Opened1914
Closed1995
Demolished2015
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St Mary's Hospital was a mental health facility near Stannington, Northumberland, England. It was opened in 1910 and closed permanently in 1995. [1] It was finally demolished in 2015.

History

The facility was designed by George Thomas Hine in an echelon formation. [2] Construction started in 1910 and it opened as the Gateshead Borough Lunatic Asylum in 1914. [2] The hospital was requisitioned for military use during the First World War [3] and then became Gateshead County Borough Mental Hospital in 1920. [4] A nurses' home was completed in 1928, as well as various other additions to the site. [3] Part of the hospital was also requisitioned for military use during the Second World War. [3] The hospital joined the National Health Service in 1948. [3]

After services transferred to Bensham General Hospital, the hospital closed in 1995. Most of the hospital was demolished in 2015 to make way for housing. [5] However, some buildings remain in varying forms, including 34 former staff houses known locally as The Villas, [6] as well as the former gate-keeping lodge, Chief Medical Superintendent's Home and the Administration block, now known as St Mary's Inn. [7]

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References

  1. "St Mary's Hospital, Stannington". Whatever Left. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  2. 1 2 Historic England. "St Mary's Hospital, Stannington (1001478)". National Heritage List for England .
  3. 1 2 3 4 "St Mary's Hospital, Stannington". County Asylums. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  4. "St Mary's Hospital, Stannington". National Archives. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  5. "Stannington Park". Bellway Homes. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  6. "Site vandals plague Stannington residents". Morpeth Herald. 16 April 2009. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  7. "Bed and Breakfast | Pub Morpeth Northumberland". St Mary's Inn. Retrieved 2 February 2019.