Go on everyone, nominate what you think is the most aesthetically appealing structure in the city!!


I nominate Ranmoor church:D
The third tallest structure in Sheffield (200ft) it can be seen from the rest of the city and it's a good symbol in the skyline to help me remember which side of the city I'm on when I get lost :)

I know it may be an obvious choice but I like the Town Hall.

Quite like the Western Park Museum/Art Gallery.

Lyceum Theartre is very good too - both inside and outside.

Winter Gardens has to be up there too.

And I quite like the facade of 'The Ship' pub in Shalesmoor.

Nomme

The Queen's Head pub in town and Bishop's House at Norton Lees.

The University of Sheffield's Firth Court

Originally posted by Dug
I know it may be an obvious choice but I like the Town Hall.

Oh right ... the olde old one, not the egg box or the newie new one?

I personally like the look of the new winter gardens!
However (althought this isn't sheffield) Chesterfield Bent Spiral Church has always been a favourite of mine!

The Vine pub always looks nice as I walk towards it on a friday evening!
;)

Originally posted by Abdul
Oh right ... the olde old one, not the egg box or the newie new one?

Haha, of course the old one.:thumbsup:

The Classic Rock Bar.....

Other than that I like the square which hosts the theatres of our fine city and the shapes of the buildings around it. The town hall is lovely from the peace gardens viewpoint.

Originally posted by DaBouncer
I personally like the look of the new winter gardens!
However (althought this isn't sheffield) Chesterfield Bent Spiral Church has always been a favourite of mine!

Apparently, it's crooked because the wood it was originally built with was damp, and warped as it dried. Still, it makes for an interesting feature!

Maybe we should go on ChesterfieldForum instead ;)

I quite like the lights on the roof of Meadowhell at night when approaching it on the tram... also the Cooling Towers nearby

Also love the picture of the Miner on the side of the building near the co-op in town

The cathedral deserves to be nominated - nice mix of old and new architecture

Winter Gardens again for me...

Has to be the town hall for me:thumbsup:

The winter gardens defo!

I like Wharncliffe House on Bank Street (well, the old bit anyway).

And what's now the No1 Oriental Buffet on Commercial Street. I think the Ibis next door is really well done too, even though it's only plain. When you arrive off the Parkway, the trees outside and the nice building next door make it look a bit like Amsterdam.

And I like the whole of East Parade and St James' Row, and Figtree Lane.

No one's mentioned the City Hall yet, which is fab.

And a walk on Surrey Street takes you past some great old Victorian buildings, and if you look up at Channing Hall when the lights are on, the inside looks amazing. And then eventually you get to the Central Library which is lovely when you take a bit of time to look at it.

I also like Midland Station (apart from the all the nasty breeze blocks) but I know it took a bit of a pasting on another thread so I won't push my luck on that one.

I can't believe so many are nominating the Winter Gardens! It looks like an over sized Armadillo. An absolute monstrosity in my opinion.

I'm not sure about my favourite building. I like Bishops house though because that tudor style is one of my favourites for houses.

I have two (1) St Maries Cathedral on Norfolk Row Nicely tucked away but it's spire can be seen for miles,a true tasty piece of city centre architecture and (2) The City Hall with it's enormous pillars it looks like it will stand there for ever. Have a good look at it and you can still see the scars on it from the shrapnel damage courtesy of the German blitz in the war. living history you can still touch.

Let's have a few more modern buildings on the list.

The Innovation Centre, Portobello.
The NCPM, CIQ.
Hopwells, Handsworth.
Natwest / BDP, Carver St.
Stoddart Building, Sheffield Hallam University, Arundel Gate.
Cole Brothers, Barkers Pool.
Persistance Works, CIQ.

I quite like the museum of music. Pity about those who thought the museum was a good idea though.

Winter Gardens without doubt for me. It's such a daring design it could have gone either way - but it's a :thumbsup: from me.

The tinsley viaduct and cooling towers, viewed from the tram station at Meadowhall. Especially if you get there early enough to see the sun rising.

The Millennium Galleries, especially when lit up at night.

The Lyceum Theatre.

Sheffield University's Arts Tower- that's not a joke - I like the way it stands proud over the city, and can be seen for miles around.

Actually, i like most of the buildings in sheffield, the winter gardens, town hall, arts tower, the green glass building next to the bt building, the curved glass atrium on the uni building near the arts tower, etc............

Sheffield town hall

i'm new to all this, so apologies if it's been done before, but there's all this talk of sheffield being untidy and more like a town, and also best bus route, steepest hill etc.
So, i'm asking what's the nicest building in this city?
And if anyone is interested, my top 3 are..
1. Steel City House at the bottom of West Street
2. King Edward VII Upper School, Clarkehouse ROad
3. University Arts Tower, Western Bank
Just thought i'd share it with you all....

steel city house is a nice looking building, but the arts tower?!? i'll have a pint of what he's been drinking!!! :-)

The vestry at the junction of Burngreave Rd/Gower St. (before it was vandilised)

Eccelsfield church

The phesant pub at Lane Top

There was a thread similar to this a while ago. Have a look here (http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?s=&threadid=6068)

Nomme

sheffield library is a lovely art deco building
also the city hall ballroom....quite divine

Originally posted by crowefan
sheffield library is a lovely art deco building
also the city hall ballroom....quite divine

Ah yes, the Ballroom is devine... Especially when it's full of devine young ladies in Ballroom dancing frocks ;)

Yeah yeah one track mind, I can't help it! I'm a bloke, so shoot me! :lol:

Anything with a Carling sign is a nice building

I love quite a few old buildings in the city centre - the old court buildings including the really old one on Bank St. as well as the city library (my kids know it as the Ghostbuster's building as they think it resembles the one in the film of the same name). The old Town Hall is lovely, they did a great job with it on Fright Night with lighting and sound effects.

I noticed another building for the first time just last week as I was busy sorting out my shopping in Wilkinsons at the Haymarket. Next time you're down that way have a look at the building just above the Cash Generators - either they've recently revealed the upper part or I've been walking around with blinkers on - it's a really beautiful building. If only the shop fronts had an olde worlde look about them that would make it so much better.

Viva la old stuff!

The "steel worker" building just near Snig Hill police HQ.

But my favourite has to be red building edging peace gardens, now converted into flats and retail.

Not sure if it really counts as a proper building, but the winter gardens quite appeals to me. Very different architecture to the surrounds, but I think it fits in quite nicely.

Or maybe I'm just glad to see anything instead of the damned egg-box building.

Originally posted by foxy27
The vestry at the junction of Burngreave Rd/Gower St. (before it was vandilised)

I'm pleased to inform you the Vestry Hall (http://www.burngreavemessenger.org.uk/40apr04/vestryhall.shtml) is going to be redeveloped, and should be back in action by September 2005.

Originally posted by gazbo
Or maybe I'm just glad to see anything instead of the damned egg-box building.

Yep. I bet all those who mourned its passing had never actually been inside :D

Don't mean to be funny or anything....

I really do hope they don't let the Vestry Hall be put into public use, because when the funding dries up it will end up back in a state of disrepair. In all honesty the people of the area had their chance with the place and I really don't think they deserve another with that particular place, although such recreational activities could be housed in the ex-DSS office on Spital Hill which BNDFC have purchased.

I think it would probably be more wise to sell to a private developer, who will not only be able to make a profit from it and renovate, but equally get private investment in the area from people wanting to buy, and before you go off and think nobody will, take a trip up Burngreave Road and see how many for sale signs you see.

1Man&HisBMW

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How about the City Hall...ahhhh good times inside and out.
The Crooked Spire in Chesterfield is suppose to have warped after a young lady who wasnt a virgin got married there,and it wont straighten out until one who is Virgo intacto ties the knot in there...........

Town Hall
City Hall
WinterGardens

The Art Tower is a good building, and does stand tall above the city, but i wouldn't say its aesthetically pleasing..

The Yorkshire Bank building on the top of Fargate

I like St Mary's church on Bramall Lane

There's a bar on Division Street - I think it is Lloyds - that is in a great building. It has some fantastic heads sculpted on the outside. Shame the bar is so rubbish, though

Is there a worst bar in Sheffield thread?

The red brick university building just down from the childrens hospital.. dunno what it's called tho

The Cathedral looks dated and awful IMO.

There's a pub by the coach station - I think it;s the oldest building in Sheffield - which I like best.

Unless someone tells me they knocked it down years ago....