New Bridge Street, Lying-In Hospital
New Bridge Street, Lying-In Hospital
HER Number
5973
District
Newcastle
Site Name
New Bridge Street, Lying-In Hospital
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
Class
Health and Welfare
Site Type: Broad
Hospital
Site Type: Specific
Maternity Hospital
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Portland House. Shown on Ordnance Survey 25" to 1 mile series, as "Living-in Hospital". Shown as "Hospital" on second and third edition maps. A charitable asylum for poor married pregnant women.
This building was listed Grade II in 1971 with the following description:
'Maternity hospital, now B.B.C. offices and studios. 1826 by John Dobson; land given by Corporation of Newcastle. Sandstone ashlar with coursed squared stone returns and rear; low-pitched dark slate roof. 2 storeys, 3 x 7 bays. Tudor style. Recessed wide centre bay has Tudor-arched surround to renewed door; corbelled oriel above with Perpendicular tracery. Flanking bays have 2-light windows below, canopied panels on brackets above; all windows and canopies cusped. Label moulds. Eaves string; coped parapet. Historical note: Dobson gave his services free; other expenses were met by public subscription. Source E. MacKenzie History of Newcastle. Newcastle, 1827; pp. 517-520 'The Lying-In Hospital'.' LISTED GRADE 2
This building was listed Grade II in 1971 with the following description:
'Maternity hospital, now B.B.C. offices and studios. 1826 by John Dobson; land given by Corporation of Newcastle. Sandstone ashlar with coursed squared stone returns and rear; low-pitched dark slate roof. 2 storeys, 3 x 7 bays. Tudor style. Recessed wide centre bay has Tudor-arched surround to renewed door; corbelled oriel above with Perpendicular tracery. Flanking bays have 2-light windows below, canopied panels on brackets above; all windows and canopies cusped. Label moulds. Eaves string; coped parapet. Historical note: Dobson gave his services free; other expenses were met by public subscription. Source E. MacKenzie History of Newcastle. Newcastle, 1827; pp. 517-520 'The Lying-In Hospital'.' LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
425150
Northing
564490
Grid Reference
NZ425150564490
Sources
<< HER 5973 >> Dept. of National Heritage, of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 21/412; 1864, 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 25 inch scale, 1850; 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1899, 25 inches to one mile scale; E. MacKenzie 1827 History of Newcastle pp 517-520; T. Faulkner and A. Greg, 1987, John Dobson Newcastle Architect 1787-1865, pp 42-43; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p. 18 and 188; Lynn Redhead, 1996, Hospitals; Gifford, 2007, East Pilgrim Street, Phase II, Newcastle upon Tyne - Condition Appraisal and Conservation Statement; https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1104908