Newcastle town wall, gateway to the Fever Hospital

HER Number:
1534

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle town wall, gateway to the Fever Hospital

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Defence

Site Type: Broad:
Town Defences

Site Type: Specific:
Town Wall

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Ruined Building

Description:
In 1805 granted a lease to the trustees of the newly established Fever Hospital (House of Recovery) of part of the Warden's Close, with permission to build the hospital there and to take down part of the town wall in order to provide them with access into the south end of their precinct. In the event they made quite a modest break through the wall, and this survives, with some alteration, on the north side of Heber Tower. SCHEDULED ANCIENT MONUMENT

Easting:
2436

Northing:
6419

Grid Reference:
NZ24366419

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1534 >> Tyn and Wear archive Service-589 - 1805, Calendar of Common Council Book 1799-1810, 589.17, ff. 153-4 Ordnance Survey maps, 1858, 1st ed. 1:500, sheet 65