Description

LEEDS

SE33SE YORK ROAD, Seacroft
714-1/12/1082 (South side)
05/08/76 Tower at Seacroft Hospital

II

Water tower. 1902-4. By ET Hall. Arts and Crafts influence.
Tall red brick tower, square on plan and tapered. Wide
cornice, parapet ramped up at corners. Moulded cornice below,
segmentally-arched over clock face on each side with
terracotta surrounds. Below is continuous iron-railed balcony
on all sides with low but wide segmentally-arched window
beneath. The bottom half of the tower has plain walls with
only a few small windows.
INTERIOR: cast-iron spiral stair in left corner, water tanks
removed. The water tanks help up to 40,000 gallons for this
(seacroft) and Killinbeck hospitals.
HISTORY: Seacroft hospital was originally built in the grounds
of the former Manston Hall, as a temporary smallpox hospital
in 1893; it was extended for scarlet fever in 1898 by Thomas
Hewson, City Engineer. 1902-04 permanent hospital for scarlet
fever; diptheria and eutric fever built.
(RCHME: Report: Seacroft Hospital: 1995-).

Listing NGR: SE3501134614

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26547159

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Recommended Books

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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)