Helen Featherstone, the organisation's northern director, said the redevelopment would ensure Keelman's Hospital remains a "historic bastion of the city's riverscape".
00:00An historic former hospital building in Newcastle is set to be restored and converted into affordable housing as part of a multi-million pound redevelopment.
00:10Keelman's Hospital was built in 1701 to provide food, shelter and medical care for the poor.
00:17It was later used as housing and student accommodation.
00:21The Grade 2 listed building closed in 2009 and has since fallen into disrepair.
00:26A £4.6 million grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund will now fund its restoration.
00:34Helen Featherstone, the organisation's Northern Director, said the redevelopment would ensure Keelman's Hospital remains an historic bastion of the city's riverscape.
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