John Pemberton Heywood, Wentworth House, Wakefield Girls' High School, and St. John's Auxiliary Hospital blue plaque

This blue commemorative plaque records: Wentworth House Built in 1803 by Barrister and educationalist John Pemberton Heywood as a family home. Since September 1878 the building has been home to Wakefield Girls' High School. Between 1917-1919 it served as St. John's Auxiliary Hospital housing casualties from the Great War.

John Pemberton Heywood was a barrister and educationalist who built Wentworth House in 1803; the site later served as Wakefield Girls' High School from 1878 and as St. John's Auxiliary Hospital during World War I.