Sir G B Hunter Memorial Hospital

Sir G B Hunter Memorial Hospital
Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust
The old hall on the left and the health centre on the right
Shown in Tyne and Wear
Geography
Location	Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom
Coordinates	54.9962°N 1.5312°W / 54.9962; -1.5312
Organisation
Care system	Public NHS
Type	Mental health
Services
Emergency department	No Accident & Emergency
History
Opened	1919
Links
Lists	Hospitals in England

The Sir G B Hunter Memorial Hospital is a health facility at Wallsend Green, Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, England. It is managed by Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust.

History

The facility has its origins in a private house, known as Wallsend Hall, built in the early 19th century.[1] The hall was originally occupied by William Clark,[2] then by his son-in-law, John Wright, who were both Mayors of Wallsend,[3] and then by Robert Richardson Dees, a local solicitor, before being acquired by Sir George Burton Hunter in 1914.[4] Burton presented the hall and its grounds to Wallsend Corporation in 1919.[4] The site was developed as a hospital in the 1920s and extended to the east in the 1940s to create the current health centre.[4] The hospital joined the National Health Service in 1948.[5] The hall itself was re-designated for municipal use in the 1950s.[4]

References

1. Historic England. "Sir G B Hunter Memorial Hospital (1185390)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
2. William Richardson, History of the Parish of Wallsend, Northumberland Press,1923, 76–7
3. Eneas Mackenzie, An Historical, Topographical, and Descriptive View of the County of Northumberland, Berwick, 1825, 464
4. "The Green, Wallsend Conservation Area" (PDF). North Tyneside Council. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
5. "Sir G B Hunter Memorial Hospital". National Archives. Retrieved 28 December 2019.