Almshouse to haunted student digs : historic Newcastle building to become affordable homes

Keelmen’s hospital, which housed dockers in 1700s, awarded £4.6m lottery grant after lying empty for 16 years It was built 300 years ago as an almshouse for men who did some of the most backbreaking and dangerous work on the River Tyne. Most recently it provided fun, if chilly, accommodation for (…)