Newcastle, Westgate Road, Old Nurses Home

HER Number:
9847

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Westgate Road, Old Nurses Home

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
Residential Building

Site Type: Specific:
Nurses Hostel

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
The former Nurses Home was built opposite Newcastle General Hospital in the 1920s. A subway connected the basement of the Nurses Home to the 1870s section of the hospital. Today the function has changed to a private hostel, however the building retains its impressive appearance. The large four storey building is predominantly red brick, but has a sandstone ground floor and basement, and a projecting cornice above the second floor windows. The north front has 11 bays and the porch at the central main entrance is a semicircle supported by columns, with the city coat of arms carved into stone at the centre of the semicircle. Now known as Angel Heights. LOCAL LIST

Easting:
2279

Northing:
6442

Grid Reference:
NZ22796442

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Newcastle City Council, 2006, Local List of Buildings, Structures, Parks, Gardens and Open Spaces of Special Local Architectural or Historic Interest Supplementary Planning Document