Whitley Bay, Prudhoe Memorial Convalescent Home

HER Number:
7878

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Whitley Bay, Prudhoe Memorial Convalescent Home

Place:
Whitley Bay

Map Sheet:
NZ37SE

Class:
Health and Welfare

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Convalescent Home

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Located at Whitley Links. Opened on 14th September 1869 by her Grace the Dowager-Duchess of Northumberland. A stone building arranged on a pavilion plan, consisting of a central block with a corridor at right angles with projecting day and night sleeping rooms. There were open spaces in-between the rooms to provide ventilation and light. The building is raised several feet above ground level, approached by an elevated terrace with steps and an inclined roadway. The home held 140 patients (100 males and 40 females). It stood in beautiful gardens.

Easting:
3502

Northing:
7322

Grid Reference:
NZ35027322

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
W.W Tomlinson, 1888, A Comprehensive Guide to the County of Northumberland, p 57; Ordnance Survey Second Edition 1890