St. Catherine's ' Home, Manningham, Bradford

A movement was recently started for the purpose of extending the St. Catherine’s Home for Incurables in Bradford, and Mr. J. Cawthra, stuff manufacturer, Bradford, has undertaken to purchase a site and build suitable premises at his own cost. Mr. J. Ledingham, architect, of Bradford, has received instructions from Mr. Cawthra, but neither the plan nor the site has been decided on yet. [Building News 18 December 1896 page 896]

HOME, MANNINGHAM, YORKSHIRE - The new building which has been presented to the Committee of the St. Catherine’s Home for Cancer and Incurables was opened on the 1st inst. It is situated in St. Mary's-road, Manningham. The home, which has been constructed from designs prepared by Mr. James Ledingham, architect, is built of local stone, and the exterior is in a modified Queen Anne style. The accommodation provided consists of five wards of varying size, and a dayroom, and there are beds for twenty-four patients. There are also two rooms for the matron, and suitable provision for the nursing and domestic staff. The patients may be removed from the ground floor by means of a passenger lift, and a small lift is also available for conveying meals from the cooking department. The basement includes a laundry suite, comprising a washhouse and laundry, fitted with a drying-chamber and a linen-room. The kitchen, scullery, and larder are on the ground floor, with a serving-room adjoining, and this department opens entirely into its own corridor. One apartment is reserved for the purposes of a dispensary. Adjoining the building are a mortuary and other outbuildings. The whole of the premises are illuminated with electric light, the current being supplied from the Corporation mains. The building is heated with hot water on the low-pressure system. The floors of the hall, staircase, main corridor, kitchen department, &c., are laid with marble mosaic, and those of the wards and day-room are of maple blocks. The following are the principal contractors Masons and joiners, John Moulson & Son; plumbers, Wearden & Co; slater, Thomas Nelson; heating apparatus, Joseph Throp; painters, S. Lupton & Sons; electric light, G. A. Steinthal; wrought-iron work, Walker & Co.; furnishing, Alfred Speight. [Builder 15 October 1898 page 349]

ST. CATHERINE'S HOME, BRADFORD - This hospital for cancer and incurables was opened last year by Lady Cavendish. It has been erected on a good site in Manningham at the sole cost of Joseph Cawthra, Esq of Horton Hall. [British Architect 28 April 1899 page 292]

Reference         Building News 18 December 1896 page 896
Reference         Builder 15 October 1898 page 349
Reference         British Architect 28 April 189 page 292 and illustration by Raffles Davison