St Leonards Hospital Remains

The remains of St Leonard's Hospital, dating from around 1240, are located in York and consist of the ruined chapel, infirmary, and entrance passage. Constructed from magnesian limestone, the site features a two-storey, two-bay undercroft and chapel, along with a four-bay entrance passage beneath the infirmary.

The chapel faces Library Square and has a two-storey buttressed gable end set on a chamfered plinth. The right side of the chapel includes a 20th-century battened panel door within a chamfered doorway that has a two-centred head and a hoodmould supported by moulded imposts. The undercroft is characterized by splayed lancet windows on either side. The gable end of the chapel showcases a triple lancet window beneath a moulded hood, originally supported by detached shafts, of which the moulded bases and capitals still exist. The windows on both sides of the chapel feature two-centred heads, corbel stopped hoods, and continuous sillstrings. At the apex of the gable is a cusped oculus framed by a chevron moulded surround.

The interior is not accessible, but the infirmary undercroft doorway to the left of the chapel resembles that of the chapel. The undercroft is vaulted with chamfered ribs that spring from octagonal piers with moulded bases and capitals or from moulded corbels. The rear windows are rectangular with splayed surrounds on the outside and shouldered interiors.

The entrance passage has semicircular arches at each end; the outer end facing Museum Gardens consists of three orders, while the inner end leading to Library Square has two orders, both chamfered and supported by responds with moulded capitals and bases. The interior of the entrance passage is also vaulted with chamfered ribs that spring from moulded corbels. This site is designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.