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St James Hospital Northside Building

A Grade II Listed Building in Gipton and Harehills, Leeds

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Latitude: 53.8082 / 53°48'29"N

Longitude: -1.5186 / 1°31'6"W

OS Eastings: 431800

OS Northings: 434758

OS Grid: SE318347

Mapcode National: GBR BQG.BN

Mapcode Global: WHC9D.NJ2Y

Plus Code: 9C5WRF5J+7H

Entry Name: St James Hospital Northside Building

Listing Date: 22 November 1974

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1256272

English Heritage Legacy ID: 465075

Also known as: Leeds Union Workhouse

ID on this website: 101256272

Location: Burmantofts, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS8

County: Leeds

Electoral Ward/Division: Gipton and Harehills

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Leeds

Traditional County: Yorkshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): West Yorkshire

Church of England Parish: Leeds City

Church of England Diocese: Leeds

Tagged with: Workhouse

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Description



LEEDS

SE33SW BECKETT STREET, Sheepscar
714-1/11/1103 (West side)
22/11/74 St James' Hospital: Northside
Building

GV II

Workhouse, later hospital and medical museum. Dated 1858.By
Perkin and Backhouse of Leeds. Conversion to Thackray Medical
Museum, 1995. Red brick with white brick banding, stone
dressings, slate roof.
3 storeys, 15 unequal bays, central and flanking bays project,
the centre with two 3-storey canted bays and large
round-arched window between with entrance below. Doorways with
semicircular overlights to bays 2, 6, 8 (centre), 10 and 14
(blocked). Rusticated pilasters. Ornate pierced stone parapet
rising to widely spaced Dutch gables with finials. Modillion
cornice. Large square central tower with date: 'A.D./
MDCCCLVIII', rusticated pilasters to corner turrets with
ogee-shaped roofs each with large wind vane.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
The Leeds New Workhouse was built to accomodate 800 persons,
at a cost of ยป32,000. The foundation stone was laid in 1858
and the building opened 28/03/1861. Later part of the Leeds
Township Infirmary, funded by the Poor Law Guardians and built
in 1874. Now the Ashley Wing, Elderly Services Department of
St James' University Hospital.
(RCHME: Report: St James's University Hospital: 1995-).


Listing NGR: SE3180034758

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