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==Seacroft Hospital== {{main|Seacroft Hospital}} [[File:SeacroftHospitalTower.jpg|thumb|right|Seacroft Hospital Tower]] Seacroft Hospital is Leeds' third-largest [[hospital]], being significantly smaller than the [[Leeds General Infirmary]] and [[St James's University Hospital, Leeds|St James' University Hospital]]. Situated between Seacroft and [[Killingbeck]], opposite the former Killingbeck Isolation Hospital, the hospital is accessible from the [[A64 road|A64]] York Road. It was constructed between 1893 and 1904, with a brick clock tower (also a water tower) designed by E. T. Hall under [[Arts and Crafts movement|Arts and Crafts]] influence.<ref name=Burt>Steven Burt & Kevin Grady (2002) ''The Illustrated History of Leeds'' 2nd edn (Breedon Books, derby) {{ISBN|1 85983 316 0}}</ref><ref name=Godward>Brian Godward (2004) ''The Changing Faces of Leeds'' (Sutton Publishing, Stroud) {{ISBN|0-7509-3413-1}}</ref> Services have been moved from Seacroft Hospital to other hospitals around Leeds. Many of the buildings are in a poor state of repair. The health authority, in keeping with its policy to concentrate all services at the Leeds General Infirmary and St James hospitals, considers selling off the older parts of the hospital for redevelopment.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/Hospital-left-in-limbo-over.4140249.jp |title=Hospital left in limbo over fate of buildings |work= Yorkshire Evening Post |access-date=28 December 2008}}</ref>
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