Rose Lodge, Assessment & Treatment Centre, Hebburn

Sector: Mental Health
Client: Laing O’Rourke Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS Trust
Role: Lead Consultant, Architect, Interior Design, Landscape Architect.
Value: £6.1m
Status: Completed 2009
Awards: Best International Mental Health Project at the Design and Health International Academy Awards 2011 - Highly Commended

Shortlisted finalist at the RIBA Awards 2011

Double win at the Guild of Architectural Ironmongery Specification Awards 2010/11

WInner of Best Social Care Design at the Building Better Healthcare Awards 2010


This multi-award winning project is a 12-bed specialist short-term inpatient assessment and treatment centre for working-age adults with a range of learning disabilities and mental health problems.

Located within a mature landscaped site and designed around a courtyard, the layout of the building offers generous access to outdoor space; both the wider extent of the site which includes seasonal patient gardens and a ‘trim trail’ for accompanied exercise. The courtyard allows good observation and clear wayfinding internally whilst the architectural feature of the green spine wall provides the distinction between staff areas from patient areas and clearly identifies the entrance to the building upon approach.

(All images © Colin Davison)

BBH Awards 2010 Winners Online Article

BBC News Article August 2009

hebburn photo

Internal Courtyard