Sir G B Hunter Memorial Hospital

The facility has its origins in a private house, known as Wallsend Hall, built in the early 19th century.[1] The hall was originally occupied by William Clark,[2] then by his son-in-law, John Wright, who were both Mayors of Wallsend,[3] and then by Robert Richardson Dees, a local solicitor, before being acquired by Sir George Burton Hunter in 1914.[4] Burton presented the hall and its grounds to Wallsend Corporation in 1919.[4] The site was developed as a hospital in the 1920s and extended to the east in the 1940s to create the current health centre.[4] The hospital joined the National Health Service in 1948.[5] The hall itself was re-designated for municipal use in the 1950s.[4]