Leeds General Infirmary

The first hospital known as Leeds Infirmary was opened in 1771 on what is now the site of the former Yorkshire Bank in Infirmary Street off City Square, Leeds. Notably, the founding five physicians at the infirmary were all graduates of the University of Edinburgh Medical School. Construction of the current hospital on its new site in Great George Street started in 1863 to the designs of Sir George Gilbert Scott and built by the Bradford firm, J and W Beanland. Before drawing up the plans Gilbert Scott and the Infirmary's Chief Physician, Dr Charles Chadwick, visited many of the great contemporary hospitals of Europe. They were particularly impressed by hospitals based on the pavilion plan…

<gallery> File:LGI Garden 19 July 2018 1.jpg|Central courtyard garden File:LGI entrance hall 26 June 2018 1.jpg|Great George Street entrance hall File:LGI Entrance corridor 19 July 2018 3.jpg|Corridor from the entrance hall File:LGI landing 26 June 2018 2.jpg|Staircase up to the main level of the hospital File:LGI landing 26 June 2018 1.jpg|Landing at the top of the staircase File:LGI Potts clock 26 June 2018.jpg|Potts clock File:LGI Chapel door 26 June 2018.jpg|The Chapel </gallery>