whats your favourite building in sheffield

Mc Donalds Hotel!

Waltheof School ;)

my house,..............very classy and art deco

There is a house in NetherEdge, it's big, it's fairly scruffy and I always have to look at it if or when I go past.
Give you a clue it's not far from the hotel St. George
I really want that house

The Broomhill Friery :thumbsup:

waltheof idid my time there,sheffield uni

Originally posted by stwar
waltheof idid my time there,sheffield uni

Worked or were a student? If the letter when did you leave?

The Arts Tower.

It's a landmark.

That big white classical looking building in high street down from the cathedral - whats it called ? Currently with scaffolding ...

The building at Blonk St which is the centre bit of the one way system. It has (had) a carpet shop on the front. The large section at the back was originally a multi-storey car park for horses and carriages. I hear it's to be rejuvenated - probably more yuppy flats (sorry apartments) but if it stops it being pulled down then v good.

Originally posted by nuf_said
The building at Blonk St which is the centre bit of the one way system. It has (had) a carpet shop on the front. The large section at the back was originally a multi-storey car park for horses and carriages. I hear it's to be rejuvenated - probably more yuppy flats (sorry apartments) but if it stops it being pulled down then v good.

If you mean the side that faces Lady's Bridge then that's some of the best frontage in the city. The tiling's superb.

Do you mean by design? Its aesthetic value regarding its surroundings? Or best by the fact that its windows are covered in metal grilles and the front garden has become the local dump-yer-fridge site?

I think the Sheffield Cathedral looks nice when lit up, as infact does the Town Hall. And hopefully the City Hall will look good when finished.

But best building per pro? I can think of many. Starting in town, howsabout: Ha! Ha!, The Corner House, RSVP (okay, truly awful building but...), All Bar One, Sportsman, Brown Bear, Yates's, Matrix, and all these just on a Wednesday afternoon.

Infact, come on guys and gals, which is your favourite DAYTIME drinking hole in town?

I like the central library building, very simple, clean and classy looking.
Of the new buildings, definately the Winter Gardens.

Originally posted by WALLBUILDER
There is a house in NetherEdge, it's big, it's fairly scruffy and I always have to look at it if or when I go past.
Give you a clue it's not far from the hotel St. George
I really want that house

Yeah, it's a beautiful house, with massive grounds that have been badly looked after... someone actually still lives there too... or they did until not long ago.

t k maxs
can always spend loads in there

I've always loved the Crucible Theatre actually. I like the way you enter through a fairly small area then it opens out inside into a huge space that sweeps up and round.

Unfortunately, it has suffered greatly from ad hoc additions over the years. What was once an immense, uncluttered foyer space has been filled with a sweet kiosk here, piles of tables and chairs there, and it has become very messy. Clearly, there's a problem in that when it was being designed, theatres weren't places where you went and hung out during the day - they were just theatres. The Crucible was one of the first to present a building that was a destination throughout the day, and they clearly failed to plan the space adequately.

Plus, additions like the new front doors are hopelessly unsympathetic compared to the large glass originals with their long stainless steel handles.

I believe that there's going to be some major work done on remodelling the front-of-house areas sometime in the near future. I would hope that they would be able to accommodate essentials like kiosks and storage space in such a way that the vast interior spaces are returned to their original splendour.

As for the auditorium, I've always loved it very much. They should just make sure that those hundreds of light bulbs get replaced promptly when they go!

The Registry Off...............oh b*****!!

i like the st georges church on mappin street at night when its lit up. Oh and the arts tower, you gotta love it.

Other favourites :

Weston Park Museum
Greenhouses in the Botanical Gardens
The big Greek temple/tomb in the General Cemetary
The Old Queens Head

Originally posted by Snook
Yeah, it's a beautiful house, with massive grounds that have been badly looked after... someone actually still lives there too... or they did until not long ago.

The house is still occupied as I've seen signs of life recently. It's amazing how many people seem to know about the place but HAND'S OFF I saw it first.

gotta bit town hall annit , surely

Winter Gardens
Bramall Lane ;)

Both of the football stadiuns in this city are a waste of space in my opinion, Ha-Ha-Ha, Owlerton stadium is a worthy building if only because it's where I first saw the Sheffield Tigers speedway team.

Ponds Forge Leisure Centre is a really nice building. It is immense both inside and out - doubling up as a nightclub & sports centre. It's in a great location too, seen from the main city roundabout with it's leisure pool slides coming in & out of the building.

The winter gardens get my vote but i would also like to include the peace gardens (As the front garden of course).

What about the Oriental Buffet near Ponds Forge, either Angel or Commercial Street. I think today it's the No 1 Buffet or something but IMHO it should be a top notch hotel facade as it is a wonderful looking building (especially having been cleaned up).

Also, last summer I had to take my car in to be serviced at the bottom of Ecclesall Road. I decided I would walk back to work and then later return, on foot, to collect the car. I was amazed at some of the beautiful buildings - mainly houses - there are in the Broomhall area. I walked through Broomhall and up through Weston Park and really enjoyed looking at the designs of some of the buildings. And I'm not particularly on about the larger houses; some of the terraced housing is really interesting.

So, get out on foot, something I am doing more of instead of sitting in a queue of traffic wathcing my stress levels soar through the roof.

That building on the corner of West Street and Trippet Lane, I think it used to be a bank.
What's especially nice about it is that it's a strange shape, almost triangular.

The building which Virgin sits in..thats pretty cool with some nice features

town hall and the surrounding area is beautiful

The building opposite the Stone House, it has got a sundial on the wall, I don't know what it used to be but it's empty now. Would make a nice restaurant.

Nick2 says The building opposite the Stone House, it has got a sundial on the wall, I don't know what it used to be but it's empty now

Must agree with you here Nick, a beautiful building. I wonder how many people pass each day and never notice it. Shame its been empty for so long.

See the links below for more info.

http://public-art.shu.ac.uk/sheffield/tor133.html

http://public-art.shu.ac.uk/sheffield/tor133im.html

Jazz what do u know about sheffield. u live in stocksbridge which isn't part of sheffield - outsider!!!

ps blades rool

toonblade, get yer f***in haircut you mong. You live in dronfield which is a small village in derbyshire. x

i live in hackenthorpe actually.... and its got some nice architecture, like 1960's council housing. mmmmm lovely

Can someone just break their silence and just tip us off about 'that house' in Nether Edge. Now if it's one of them ruddy great Victorian mansions that hasn't been split up into flats then I'm guessing it's probably on the greener side of Nether Edge into Brincliffe territory.

Or is it that lovely old cottage behind a steep wall next to the Merlin Theatre?

:)

The house at netherEdge is big with a large very overgrown garden, it has what looks like original second world war blac-out curtains at the upstairs windowsand downstairs the windows have internal wooden shutters which I've never seen open ever. Most of the paint has gone off the wood and the front double door has stained glass leaded panels inset. On the top of the house providing light to the upper landing and staircase is a large circular raised sky light.
The huge wrought iron gates leading into the grounds are slowly rusting away and from the road you can make out a range of what look like garages or old stable houses at the rear.
AND I STILL WANT IT!!!

p.s. It's not near Brincliffe Edge

Originally posted by pberry
Can someone just break their silence and just tip us off about 'that house' in Nether Edge. Now if it's one of them ruddy great Victorian mansions that hasn't been split up into flats then I'm guessing it's probably on the greener side of Nether Edge into Brincliffe territory.

Or is it that lovely old cottage behind a steep wall next to the Merlin Theatre?

:)

It's on Rundle Road and is called 'Spring Leigh'. I want it too!

Originally posted by msmouse
It's on Rundle Road and is called 'Spring Leigh'. I want it too!

No you can't have it, I've been going past that house for twenty five years or more and therefore lay claim to it. Now the location is out they're all going to want it.

sorry to give the game away ...

I noticed This (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v502/Vidster/Photos104.jpg) building for the first time at the weekend. It puts all the others around it in the shade!!!.

And Here (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v502/Vidster/20b9b699.jpg) is a picture of it from the top of the Ferris wheel.

I must speak up in support of the Royal Hallamshire Hospital.

Charming in an odd way.

Definately, the town hall. Really beautiful.

Some of the buildings in Attercliffe too are really impressive once you get past some of the crummy shop signs, which suggests that it was once a v affluent area. Can anyone elaborate?

Originally posted by Miss
Definately, the town hall. Really beautiful.

Some of the buildings in Attercliffe too are really impressive once you get past some of the crummy shop signs, which suggests that it was once a v affluent area. Can anyone elaborate?

Some of the buildings, like Banners department store, do suggest the area wasn't as run down as it is now, and may have been quite posh. The same thing applies to the Wicker too I think, some of those buildings are very grand.

Originally posted by nick2
Some of the buildings, like Banners department store, do suggest the area wasn't as run down as it is now, and may have been quite posh. The same thing applies to the Wicker too I think, some of those buildings are very grand.

Yeah... I'll bet the Banners Dept store was really plush, and there's another one a bit further up which is now a graphic designers.

I think it's really sad that so many beautiful buildings in the city are run down and/or hidden away - there's some behind the city hall, which are lovely (part of the town hall?)

converserly i think its great how sheffield has loads of 'high streets' that run out ofd the city, just loads of areas with shops and bars, fulwood, ecclesall, london roads all great.

Even in darnall theres a great building, actually might be the one Miss is talking about.

Originally posted by Miss
Yeah... I'll bet the Banners Dept store was really plush, and there's another one a bit further up which is now a graphic designers.

A lot of these buildings are bank branches, I think 100 years ago banks put a bit more effort into designing their branches to impress potential customers (would HSBC build Corinthian columns on the outside of a bank these days ?).

Look at the small branches at the top of fargate, pinstone street and ecclesall road - all plain white and glass!

I was in the main HSBC (cashing 300 10p's!!) and while it was a great building inside and out you couldn't help but notice how small it was compared to its equivalents in Manchester and London.

Originally posted by nick2
That building on the corner of West Street and Trippet Lane, I think it used to be a bank.
What's especially nice about it is that it's a strange shape, almost triangular.

That used to be 'Telephone House' when the phones were run by the GPO and the engineers and switch-ops were civil servants ;)

According to This Site (http://www.sheffield.gov.uk/in-your-area/planning-and-city-development/planning-documents/spg/historic-parks-and-gardens-spg) "Spring Leigh, Netheredge" is looking like its going to get renovated by the council

Originally posted by Miss
Yeah... I'll bet the Banners Dept store was really plush, and there's another one a bit further up which is now a graphic designers.
(part of the town hall?)

Don't remember Banners as being 'plush'....my school uniform was bought from there because they were even cheaper than the Co-Op, and half the price of Cole Bros :D

If you mean the white building on the corner of Attercliffe and Staniforth Road, - that was a Burton's. - tailor's shop downstairs and snooker hall upstairs. Their shops were built to a fixed pattern pretty much nationwide.

Nor do I remember Attercliffe as being 'posh'; in it's hey-day it was a large and busy shopping centre but the customer base was essentially working class.

I love the education building on leopold street and also steel city house which is very near to it, i cant understand why people love the arts tower, its noting special, it looks dirty

In case you haven't seen it, have a look in the Pevsner guide to Sheffield's architecture. Handy 10 quid paperback from good bookshops and fits neatly in your coat pocket.

Every page is full of interesting buildings that you've been walking past for years and never noticed. Also includes suburbs. Bloody wonderful stuff. I bought it as a xmas pressie today but I'm keeping it for myself!

Originally posted by Bilge
In case you haven't seen it, have a look in the Pevsner guide to Sheffield's architecture. Handy 10 quid paperback from good bookshops and fits neatly in your coat pocket.

Every page is full of interesting buildings that you've been walking past for years and never noticed. Also includes suburbs. Bloody wonderful stuff. I bought it as a xmas pressie today but I'm keeping it for myself!

I got a copy from Waterstones, it's a good read.

I've been looking at that book thinking 'there must be someone back home who'll be interested in sheffield architecture' But i may just buy it for myself

Superb book - superb series in fact. I now have Liverpool and Sheffield editions, both very close to my heart.

Originally posted by Greybeard
That used to be 'Telephone House' when the phones were run by the GPO and the engineers and switch-ops were civil servants ;)
Err, no, Telephone House is on charter Square. Where it is written Telephone house on it and huge BT logo on top of the tower.

The GPO is on Pond/Flat Street, next to the ½Interchange. I have photos.

EDIT: the building you're talking about is 'CITY PLAZA' and is available for rent if you're interested ; I have photos.

EDIT²: The Old Telephone Exchange was on Charter Row/Trafalgar Street. I have photos.

Originally posted by Captain_Scarlet
Err, no, Telephone House is on charter Square. Where it is written Telephone house on it and huge BT logo on top of the tower.

The GPO is on Pond/Flat Street, next to the ½Interchange. I have photos.

EDIT: the building you're talking about is 'CITY PLAZA' and is available for rent if you're interested ; I have photos.

EDIT²: The Old Telephone Exchange was on Charter Row/Trafalgar Street. I have photos.


Many thanks for your instructive comments. :rolleyes:

I'm quite aware of the location of Telephone House and Eldon House as I have often worked in both of them. The GPO Building on Flat Street too I am very familiar with; I think my first aquaintance with it would have been around 1948.

I have no idea what the building I'm referring to is called these days, but it used to be 'Telephone Buildings', although we always used to call it the 'Old Telephone House'. In fact it was on the top floor of this building that the first automatic telephone exchange in Sheffield was installed in 1926, and it also served as the admin centre and offices of GPO Telephones until the current Telephone House was opened in 1972.

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EDIT: the building you're talking about is 'CITY PLAZA' and is available for rent if you're interested ; I have photos.
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err, no. City Plaza is behind Steel City House, and Steel City House was the old exchange before the new one on Charter Row.

Originally posted by vidster
I noticed This (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v502/Vidster/Photos104.jpg) building for the first time at the weekend. It puts all the others around it in the shade!!!.

And Here (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v502/Vidster/20b9b699.jpg) is a picture of it from the top of the Ferris wheel.
You mean the Star building?

Tazz

Originally posted by toonblade
i live in hackenthorpe actually.... and its got some nice architecture, like 1960's council housing. mmmmm lovely
Not far off, 1950's really. But don't forget the "roman" baths & Hackenthorpe Hall. There is also a nice Georgian house (Greenside) in the old village

regards

Tazz

Originally posted by Captain_Scarlet
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EDIT²: The Old Telephone Exchange was on Charter Row/Trafalgar Street. I have photos. [/B]

Chater Row still is the location of the main exchange for Sheffield, just down from Telephone House, grim looking building called Eldon House.

regards

Tazz

Originally posted by richynomates
err, no. City Plaza is behind Steel City House, and Steel City House was the old exchange before the new one on Charter Row.

Correct ......To confuse a bit more - City Plaza used to be called Steel City Plaza (I seem to remember) until we stopped making steel in Sheffield.

Originally posted by spikey
whats your favourite building in sheffield


My sisters house in stannington, overlooks the whole of stannington, just about !