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Following a large donation by [[Thomas Jessop]], a wealthy steelworks owner, a new building was commissioned to replace the old Sheffield Hospital for Women at Figtree Lane, which had only six beds.<ref name="National Archives">{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=199-nhs12&cid=-1#-1 |publisher=National Archives|title= Jessop Hospital for Women, Sheffield|access-date=22 October 2018}}</ref>
 
The new facility was designed by [[John Dodsley Webster]] in the [[Gothic Revival architecture|Gothic Revival style]].<ref name=EngHeritage>{{cite web|url=https://historicengland.org.uk/research/inclusive-heritage/womens-history/women-and-healthcare/jessop-hospital-for-women/|title=Jessop Hospital for Women|publisher=English Heritage|access-date=22 October 2018}}</ref> The building cost [[GBPPound sterling|£]]26,000&nbsp;– equivalent to approximately £2.1m in 2021&nbsp;– all paid for by Jessop. It opened as the Jessop Hospital for Women in 1878.<ref name="National Archives"/> An extension, known as the Edwardian wing, was completed in 1902.<ref name="National Archives"/> Between 1927 and 1972 the hospital had a 45-bed annexe at [[Norton Hall]] known as the Firth Auxiliary Hospital.<ref name="National Archives"/>
 
Operation of the hospital was transferred from the Sheffield Health Authority (dissolved on 1 April 1992) to the [[Central Sheffield University Hospitals NHS Trust]] on 1 November 1991, who continued to operate the hospital until its closure.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/06a9e018-1565-436a-abbd-a1dc04665508|title=Central Sheffield University Hospitals NHS Trust|publisher=National Archives|access-date=2 January 2019}}</ref>