St Nicholas Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne
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| Geography | |
| Location | Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 55°00′23″N 1°38′05″W / 55.006344°N 1.634747°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | NHS England |
| Type | Psychiatric hospital |
| History | |
| Opened | 1864 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Lists | Hospitals in England |
St Nicholas Hospital is an NHS psychiatric hospital located in Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK. The entrance is located on Jubilee Road. The buildings range from Victorian-era to modern facilities and occupies 12 hectares (30 acres) of land.[1]
History
Early history
As Newcastle upon Tyne did not have a hospital for mentally ill patients of its own,[2] a new asylum was proposed in Coxlodge, where a 50-acre (20 ha) farmstead known as Dodd's Farm was purchased. In 1864 initial plans were drawn up, and William Lambie Moffatt was appointed architect.[3] The facility opened as Newcastle upon Tyne Borough Lunatic Asylum in July 1869 and became the Newcastle upon Tyne City Lunatic Asylum in 1882.[4] Some of the first patients were transferred from Bensham Asylum as Durham County Magistrates had refused to renew the contract of that facility.[5]
In 1884 permission was granted to extend the hospital, and the East and West Pavilions were completed in 1887. These allowed an additional 80 patients to be admitted.[6] The asylum steadily grew, with more buildings were erected. During the First World War the patients were evacuated and the hospital became Northumberland No. 1 War Hospital for wounded soldiers, who were brought there by train. The facility reverted to serving as an asylum again in 1921.[7] In 1948 the National Health Service took over the hospital and changed the name to St Nicholas Hospital.[4]
Recent history
Work to build an extension, the Bamburgh Clinic, on the site of a former fish factory,[8] at a cost of £22 million started in November 2004 and was completed in April 2006.[9] The new clinic is bordered by residential properties and a Northumberland Wildlife Trust wildlife centre and office.[10]
In 2009 the Greentrees unit and the Lennox Ward were renovated at a cost of circa £8 million. The renovation of these Victorian hospital buildings was one of eight projects short-listed from 20 entries for the Best Design in the Community Benefit category of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors North-East Renaissance Awards.[11]
Jubilee Theatre
The hospital also includes the Jubilee Theatre, a theatre which opened in 1899.[12] Currently the theatre is primarily used by two groups: Juniper Productions (founded 1998) a drama group for sufferers of mental health difficulties, and since 1992 an external theatre company, First Act Theatre.[12]
See also
References
- ^ "St Nicholas". Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
- ^ "St Nicholas". County Asylums. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
- ^ "Newcastle Asylum". Dictionary of Scottish Architects. Retrieved 14 December 2008.
- ^ a b "Reference number HO.SN". Tyne and Wear Archives Service.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "Gosforth, High Coxlodge/Asylum Farm | sitelines.newcastle.gov.uk". Twsitelines.info. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
- ^ "St Nicholas Hospital, Gosforth | The National Archives". Discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
- ^ "World War One At Home, St Nicholas Hospital, Gosforth: From Asylum to War Hospital". BBC. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
- ^ "Case Studies - Bamburgh Clinic, St Nicholas Hospital, Newcastle". Royal Institute of British Architects. Archived from the original on 13 July 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
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- ^ "About". Northumberland Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 14 December 2008.
- ^ "Hospital in the running". Archived from the original on 4 April 2009. Retrieved 2 April 2009.
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