St James Hospital Southside Building

St James' Hospital Southside Building is a moral and industrial training school, now part of the hospital, dated 1848 with alterations made between 1904 and 1906. It was designed by Perkin and Backhouse of Leeds. The building is constructed of red brick with stone dressings and features a slate roof. It stands three storeys high with five unequal bays and 21 windows. The central and end bays project and are topped with Dutch gables, while octagonal stone turrets with ogee domes and three-storey canted bays add to its distinctive appearance. The centre features a tall mullion and transom stair window, along with a round arch doorway flanked by pilasters and topped with finials over an entablature, which includes a gable inscription with the date. The parapet has pierced stone panels, and there is a moulded string course and stone window architraves. The building also has two large ridge stacks with bracketed cornices. The interior has not been inspected. Originally built as an Industrial and Moral Training School, the foundation stone was laid on October 14, 1846, and it opened in October 1848, accommodating 499 children at a cost of £14,000.