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St Nicholas Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne

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62: 90: 45: 97: 69: 306:, 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. The facility opened as Newcastle upon Tyne Borough Lunatic Asylum in July 1869 and became the Newcastle upon Tyne City Lunatic Asylum in 1882. Some of the first patients were transferred from 351:
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
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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. The asylum steadily grew, with more buildings erected. During the
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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 an asylum in 1921. In 1948 the
286: 36: 823: 715: 89: 285:. The entrance is located on Jubilee Road. The buildings range from Victorian-era to modern facilities and occupy 12 hectares (30 acres) of land. The hospital is managed by 693: 332:
In 1986 a church that had been located within the hospital grounds burned down. The area used by the church is now occupied by the 1994-built Ashgrove Nursing Home.
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A new admissions unit called the Collingwood Clinic was opened in 1956. The site of the former Collingwood Clinic was sold in the 1990s and is now used by
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As Newcastle upon Tyne did not have a hospital of its own for mentally ill patients, a new asylum was proposed in
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Asylum as Durham County Magistrates had refused to renew the contract of that facility.
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A History of St. Nicholas Hospital, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England 1869-2001
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Work to build an extension, the Bamburgh Clinic, on the site of a former
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took over the hospital and changed the name to St Nicholas Hospital.
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St Nicholas Hospital (disambiguation)
Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust

St Nicholas Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne is located in Newcastle-upon-Tyne
St Nicholas Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne is located in Tyne and Wear
Gosforth
Newcastle upon Tyne
Coordinates
55°00′23″N 1°38′05″W / 55.006344°N 1.634747°W / 55.006344; -1.634747
Care system
NHS England
Type
Psychiatric hospital
www.ntw.nhs.uk
Hospitals in England
NHS
psychiatric hospital
Gosforth
Newcastle upon Tyne
England
UK
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Coxlodge
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First World War
National Health Service
Virgin Money
fish factory
Northumberland Wildlife Trust
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