A view from the south-east of the east (male) accommodation pavilion of the former St Mary's Hospital, built as the 'Gateshead Borough Asylum'

Date:: 3 Dec 2002

Location:: St Mary's Hospital, Stannington, Northumberland; Show all locations

Gateshead Borough Asylum, Stannington, Northumberland

Gateshead Borough Lunatic Asylum, West Duddo Estate, Stannington, Duddo Hill, Northumberland

Gateshead Mental Hospital, Stannington, Northumberland

Gateshead Borough Mental Hospital, Stannington, Northumberland

Stannington Hospital, West Duddo Estate, Stannington, Duddo Hill, Northumberland

Stannington Mental Hospital, Stannington, Northumberland

Reference:: AA040331

Type:: Photograph (Negative)

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'Gateshead Borough Asylum', also known as 'Gateshead Borough Lunatic Asylum', opened in 1914. It was renamed 'Gateshead County Borough Mental Hospital' (or 'Gateshead Mental Hospital') in 1920. The hospital was also known as 'Stannington Mental Hospital'. With the start of the NHS in 1948, it became St Mary's Hospital. The hospital closed in the 1990s.

Content

This is part of the Job: 2K/06062 Former St Mary's Hospital, Previously 'Gateshead Mental Hospital'; within the Series: EHC01/329 Gateshead Photographic Survey; within the Collection: EHC01 English Heritage(Eh):Archive

Rights

People & Organisations

Photographer: Skingle, Bob

Darkroom Printer: Skingle, Bob

Keywords

Psychiatric Hospital