I have decided to add both my explores of the Newcastle general hospital from 2018 and 2020.
In 2018 I wasnt able to vist the Admin block but thought a revist I'd try again and succeeded.
Unfortunately the main building itself is half way through demolition now ,so not much remains.
However the admin block is still there and luckily is listed, not sure on what the plans are for the admin block.
Unfortunately my pics aren't great first time round as I never invested in a camera and only used my phone at the time.
My March vist to the admin block however was taken with my Canon 1300D.
Both explores were great, however my 2018 vist was cut short.
History taken from another report.
In 1839 the Newcastle Board of Guardians decided to build a Union Workhouse on Westgate Hill to centralise facilities for Newcastle's poor. The first buildings to be completed were the Administration Block, a school for children and the workhouse which was to give accommodation to the able-bodied poor and care for the sick poor, maternity cases and imbeciles. By 1859 it had become apparent that facilities for the sick were most undesirable and so the Board of Guardians gave the go-ahead for a separate hospital to be built. The hospital was designed by the Newcastle architect Septimus Oswald and was officially opened on 7 December 1870 by Thomas Ridley, Chairman of the Board of Guardians. By 1914, much development had taken place providing about 500 beds in 5 buildings. In 1921 a separate hospital administration was set up and it was renamed Wingrove Hospital. In 1930 under the new Local Government Act it was handed over to the City Council and the name changed to The General Hospital.
Newcastle General Vist 2018
Admin Block Vist 2020
Thanks for looking.
In 2018 I wasnt able to vist the Admin block but thought a revist I'd try again and succeeded.
Unfortunately the main building itself is half way through demolition now ,so not much remains.
However the admin block is still there and luckily is listed, not sure on what the plans are for the admin block.
Unfortunately my pics aren't great first time round as I never invested in a camera and only used my phone at the time.
My March vist to the admin block however was taken with my Canon 1300D.
Both explores were great, however my 2018 vist was cut short.
History taken from another report.
In 1839 the Newcastle Board of Guardians decided to build a Union Workhouse on Westgate Hill to centralise facilities for Newcastle's poor. The first buildings to be completed were the Administration Block, a school for children and the workhouse which was to give accommodation to the able-bodied poor and care for the sick poor, maternity cases and imbeciles. By 1859 it had become apparent that facilities for the sick were most undesirable and so the Board of Guardians gave the go-ahead for a separate hospital to be built. The hospital was designed by the Newcastle architect Septimus Oswald and was officially opened on 7 December 1870 by Thomas Ridley, Chairman of the Board of Guardians. By 1914, much development had taken place providing about 500 beds in 5 buildings. In 1921 a separate hospital administration was set up and it was renamed Wingrove Hospital. In 1930 under the new Local Government Act it was handed over to the City Council and the name changed to The General Hospital.
Newcastle General Vist 2018
Admin Block Vist 2020
Thanks for looking.
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