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London Road, NEWARK, NG24 1TF

The building was designed by Bliss and Saunders, and built in red brick by Smith and Lunn. Opened in 1881, it closed in 1996 when a new hospital was built nearby.

Notes this is the site of Newark's former General Hospital

Shows location of plaque Image Full picture of former Hospital Image

Continuing to stand proud at the junction of London Road (the B6326) and Sherwood Avenue - on which the white car is visible - is the former Newark General Hospital. Records suggest that this may have been Newark’s third hospital. The second one was a combined workhouse, hospice and gaol built in 1786 using funds from the Brown and Phillipot charity. That building became part of Hole’s Brewery (a.k.a. Castle Brewery) which still exists today, although now home to up-market apartments. This building (opened in 1881), was designed by Bliss and Saunders and built in red brick by Smith and Lunn. It cost £6,965 13s 1d. A maternity wing was added in 1939. This establishment closed in 1996 when Newark’s fourth hospital in Bowbridge road opened. The building was subsequently acquired by Derry Building Services who restored and extended it for their own use. A local woman shared a story with me about assisting with the running the hospital radio service in a room at the top of this building when she was a 6th form pupil.

Vivid red brick, 1879-81 by William Bliss, on London Road

The front elevation of a row of almshouses in Sherwood Avenue, on the east side of the former Newark General Hospital dating from 1910. Another row of cottages were built behind these in 1935. A hospital for the treatment of people with leprosy - on a different site outside the town's walls - was established by Alexander, Bishop of Lincoln (1123-48) dedicated to St Leonard. It seems that a St Leonard's Hospital charity still exists producing funds from properties it owns in Newark, Girton, Balderton, Claypole and Elston and these almshouses are endowed through this charity.

Designed by C.E. Mallows https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Edward_Mallows 1898 https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1196275

One of the numerous handsome villas on London Road, now Newark Conservative Club

A classic case of a Listed building built for a specific purpose and now outdated, for which it is almost impossible to find an alternative use. There has been significant vandalism between 2022 and 2024, with for example, sheeting being removed from the roofs of the bay windows. Built 1898 in Arts and Crafts style, Listed Grade II.