Leavygreave Road, Sheffield
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Leavygreave Road, Sheffield
Image: © David Hallam-Jones Taken: 19 Feb 2018
The remains of the Grade II-listed Jessop Hospital for Women. The hospital - built to replace the former nine-bedded Hospital for Women in Figtree Lane - was opened in 1878 thanks to funds provided by Thomas Jessop, a steelworks-owner. The architect was John Dodsley Webster. The new hospital, with fifty-seven beds, was built in Gothic Revival style and cost £26,000. An Edwardian wing was built later, bringing the bed capacity to 151 beds. Although a further wing was added in the 1970s, increasing the total number of beds to the 217, it finally closed in 2001. The main maternity facilities on the southern side of Sheffield now are those within the Jessop Wing of the Royal Hallamshire Hospital. This, the Victorian wing of the ‘new’ (i.e. the second) hospital, was adapted to house the Department of Music, who have occupied it since 2009.
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Image Location
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53.381071
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-1.483272