The hospital was founded in 1927, to care for injured soldiers from the
First World War under the then
Ministry of Pensions, replacing a
military hospital at
Beckett Park. It was opened on 16 May 1927 by
Princess Mary. She had been welcomed by the Leeds
Lord Mayor Hugh Lupton, whose niece,
Anne Lupton, had been appointed a
MBE in 1920 for her work on the Leeds
War Pensions Committee, advising injured soldiers. The hospital was built in the grounds of
Gledhow Grove mansion, and the mansion itself was also used. Gledhow Grove had been the home of both
Albert Kitson, Lord Airedale and his first cousin - Frederick James Kitson, Leeds Lord Mayor in 1908 and 1910. Lord and Lady Airedale had owned the nearby
Gledhow Hall Estate. In 1953 the hospital was transferred to the
Ministry of Health and developed as a general hospital. In 1975 the Newton Green Wing was opened in purpose-built buildings on the opposite, south, side of Harehills Lane. It was named after the
Newton Green Hall estate, acquired in 1936, upon which the new hospital buildings were built. New accommodation for the whole hospital was added on this site 1992-1994, and opened by the
Duchess of Kent. The old hospital buildings were demolished, the Grade II
listed mansion has been left derelict with new housing built in the grounds. ==Chapel==