[2] Designed by John Rawsthorne, with many unique features, the first stone of the new building was laid 4 September 1793 and the hospital opened on 4 October 1797.

[3] The main entrance featured two niched statues of 'Hope' and 'Charity'[4] (now replicas), by renowned Sheffield born sculptor Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey.

[2][7] The founders had been able to acquire a large site with space for expansion; later additions included the Recovery House 1839, later called the Norfolk Wing, designed by William Flockton in the same style as the main building, detached to serve as an isolation unit, the Victoria Block in 1872, and a new south-east wing designed by John Dodsley Webster which was completed 1884.

The hospital provided accommodation for military patients as well as civilian air raid casualties.

[11] Some of the hospital buildings were demolished, replaced with a supermarket and large car-parking area, but the original block along with its south-east and south-west wings, which remains a Grade II* listed building survived, it was renamed Heritage House and converted into offices.