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St Mary's Hospital, Stannington
St Mary's Hospital was a mental health facility near Stannington, Northumberland, England. It was opened in 1910 and closed permanently in 1995.[1] It was finally demolished in 2015. HistoryThe facility was designed by George Thomas Hine in an echelon formation.[2] Construction started in 1910 and it opened as the Gateshead Borough Lunatic Asylum in 1914.[2] The hospital was requisitioned for military use during the First World War[3] and then became Gateshead County Borough Mental Hospital in 1920.[4] A nurses' home was completed in 1928, as well as various other additions to the site.[3] Part of the hospital was also requisitioned for military use during the Second World War.[3] The hospital joined the National Health Service in 1948.[3] After services transferred to Bensham General Hospital, the hospital closed in 1995. Most of the hospital was demolished in 2015 to make way for housing.[5] However, some buildings remain in varying forms, including 34 former staff houses known locally as The Villas,[6] as well as the former gate-keeping lodge, Chief Medical Superintendent's Home and the Administration block, now known as St Mary's Inn.[7] References
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