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Gledhow Park View, LEEDS, LS7 4JS

The former Chapel Allerton Hospital sits a sad wreck in the middle of the modern Mansion Gate housing development, neglected and ignored despite its prominent position and grade II listing. The hospital building was formerly known as Gledhow Grove, and dates to 1835-40 designed by John Clark for the Mill owner John Hives. The stable block, in an Egyptian style is also by Clark. John Clark also designed the "fireproof" flax mill at Bank Mills; East Street for Hives after the original mill had been destroyed by fire. Clark was responsible for remodelling the tower of St John the Evangelist, New Briggate, and designed the other mansions known as Harehills Grove and Meanwood Hall. John Hives was one of the mill owners who moved from the increasingly polluted Park Square area to the villages surrounding Leeds in the early 19th Century. He was originally in partnership with Matthew Marshall, of Marshall's Mill, Holbeck, but in 1823 he set up a rival flax business with Moses Atkinson, which became one of the largest flax spinning mills in Leeds. He was buried in Chapel Allerton graveyard where you can find his monument which is also listed. Gledhow Grove and its grounds were converted to a hospital and opened by HRH Princess Mary in May 1927. The hospital was run by the Ministry of Pensions and was built to care for veterans of the First World War, specialising in fitting false limbs. From the 1960s onwards concerns were raised about the suitability of the buildings for modern care, especially the wards housed in wooden huts that had been built in the 1940s. The replacement Chapel Allerton Hospital was opened by HRH The Duchess of Kent in 1994.

The former Chapel Allerton Hospital sits a sad wreck in the middle of the modern Mansion Gate housing development, neglected and ignored despite its prominent position and grade II listing. The hospital building was formerly known as Gledhow Grove, and dates to 1835-40 designed by John Clark for the Mill owner John Hives. The stable block, in an Egyptian style is also by Clark. John Clark also designed the "fireproof" flax mill at Bank Mills; East Street for Hives after the original mill had been destroyed by fire. Clark was responsible for remodelling the tower of St John the Evangelist, New Briggate, and designed the other mansions known as Harehills Grove and Meanwood Hall. John Hives was one of the mill owners who moved from the increasingly polluted Park Square area to the villages surrounding Leeds in the early 19th Century. He was originally in partnership with Matthew Marshall, of Marshall's Mill, Holbeck, but in 1823 he set up a rival flax business with Moses Atkinson, which became one of the largest flax spinning mills in Leeds. He was buried in Chapel Allerton graveyard where you can find his monument which is also listed. Gledhow Grove and its grounds were converted to a hospital and opened by HRH Princess Mary in May 1927. The hospital was run by the Ministry of Pensions and was built to care for veterans of the First World War, specialising in fitting false limbs. From the 1960s onwards concerns were raised about the suitability of the buildings for modern care, especially the wards housed in wooden huts that had been built in the 1940s. The replacement Chapel Allerton Hospital was opened by HRH The Duchess of Kent in 1994.