St George's Tower, Rothwell
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St George's Tower, Rothwell
Image: © Stephen Craven Taken: 9 Sep 2023
The water tower, with clock and adjacent chimney, of the former St George's hospital. The hospital was built as the Hunslet Union Workhouse and Infirmary for the Rothwell, Methley and Hunslet Joint Isolation Hospital Committee. Architect Edward Dodgshun. The foundation stone is dated 8 November 1900 (there is a photo of it on Wikimedia Commons) and the hospital opened in 1903. It became St George's Hospital in 1934, later passing to the control of the NHS. It closed on 8th December 1991. The tower stood between the two main blocks of the hospital, which have since been demolished and replaced by modern housing. The tower itself has been converted to apartments and is listed grade II (list entry 1313183). See Image for a closer look. This is just speculation, but as it is in the heart of the former coal mining area, I wonder if the hospital was built for, or mainly populated by, ex-miners suffering from the chronic lung diseases to which they were prone? Source: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/hospitalrecords/details.asp?id=1209
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Image Location
Latitude
53.756322
Longitude
-1.500823