Bootham Park Hospital, Bootham, York, Bootham Park Hospital, Bootham, York | Property for sale | Savills
17.85 Ac(7.22 Ha)
Price on application

Bootham Park Hospital, Bootham, YorkBootham Park Hospital, Bootham, York

  • Under offer
  • Freehold
Development land
17.85 Ac (7.22 Ha)

Key features

  • The site comprises 17.85 acres inc the Grade I & II Listed Bootham Park Hospital
  • Full Planning Permission & Listed Building Consent for 172 care apt dated May 23
  • Located off Bootham, York, close to the historic core of York
  • Offers are sought on a conditional and unconditional basis for the whole of the property

Exceptional and Landmark Development Opportunity

About this property

  • Bootham Park Hospital occupies a total site area of approximately 17.85 acres, with extensive open grounds extending to around 10 acres to the south, between the hospital and Bootham. This open space can be identified in the York Central Historic Core Conservation Area appraisal as being a significant feature of the Bootham Park Hospital character area. Within the site to the east are additional green spaces surrounding the Chapel and adjacent to the site Bootham School has a large playing field. The principal hospital buildings on site are Grade I & Grade II Listed and include a complex group of structures of various states and styles. The three storey frontage of the original 1777 structure is by the celebrated architect John Carr and is Grade I Listed. To the rear of this building a T plan range dates to the late 18th and 19th centuries with various modern additions. The principal floor area of the main hospital comprises a gross floor area of approximately 93,496 sq ft (8,686 sq m).

Local information

  • Bootham Park Hospital is located on the A19, known as Bootham, to the
  • north west of Bootham Bar and the historic core of York. The site is adjacent to The York Hospital to the north and Bootham School to the east. York Railway Station is half a mile to the south west and the Scarborough railway line runs along the north west boundary of the site. The site is within the vicinity of the historic St Peter’s School, Kings Manor and the Yorkshire Museum and gardens. Views towards York Minster can be seen from the grounds of the site and the property is approximately 0.25 miles from the heart of York city centre.
  • The current vehicular access to Bootham Park Hospital is from Bootham to the south and Clarence Street to the north east. An additional pedestrian access point is via by a footbridge that runs from Grosvenor Terrace over the Scarborough railway line.

Additional information

  • Dating from 1777, Bootham Park Hospital was only the fifth public asylum to be founded in England. The building was originally known as York Lunatic Asylum and is a notable example of York’s renowned local
  • philanthropic character with the money for its construction being raised through public subscription.