Lady Star Posted November 8, 2010 Share Posted November 8, 2010 http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&q=upperthorpe&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Upperthorpe,+Sheffield,+South+Yorkshire,+United+Kingdom&ll=53.389898,-1.486029&spn=0.002284,0.006539&t=h&z=18&layer=c&cbll=53.389898,-1.486029&panoid=kOhfy2h-vR9HWo-Buism7w&cbp=12,196.37,,0,11.79 and Highfield Library (can't get a link on google maps for this, but it is on there) are twins - If there are two of them, there must be more... Does anyone know of where any others are? Or why they built the same building more than once? Just found it odd, as I have never noticed this until today, and I have never seen it anywhere else other than in the Worksop Priory and Durham Cathedral (but even those two had a couple of differences, and these two seem to be identical) Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
me-and-pippo Posted November 8, 2010 Share Posted November 8, 2010 Here try these .. Highfield Library And the one you was trying to link to .. Upperthorpe Library Obviously designed by the same architect, and built around the same time. m&p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
123456A Posted November 8, 2010 Share Posted November 8, 2010 Ha - good spot. I like it. The same could be said for the high rise flats that appeared on our skylines in the 60's I suppose, but that's not as interesting as your find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greybeard Posted November 8, 2010 Share Posted November 8, 2010 Or why they built the same building more than once? Thanks! Perhaps it was a BOGOF deal ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Star Posted November 8, 2010 Author Share Posted November 8, 2010 They've obviously been built to the same blue print - but if there are two, are there more??? Come on! I've obviously got some time on my hands, but not enough to look at all the old libraries Not yet anyways! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greybeard Posted November 8, 2010 Share Posted November 8, 2010 I believe Upperthorpe, Burngreave and Highfield were the first 'suburban' libraries in Sheffield. Upperthorpe was built around 1869 but Highfield not until perhaps ten years later as the Corporation didn't purchase the land from the Alderson estate until 1876. Burngreave library is architecturally quite different from the other two and looks more like a chapel than a library so perhaps it was an adaptation of an existing building. http://www.picturesheffield.com/cgi-bin/picturesheffield.pl?_cgifunction=form&_layout=picturesheffield&keyval=sheff.refno=u03147 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plain Talker Posted November 8, 2010 Share Posted November 8, 2010 the library section of Upperthorpe is, indeed, almost identical to Highfield library. There are two slight differences. Upperthorpe has a pretty carving over the door. Highfield library has a beautiful and inspiring quote over the door, Which reads "THAT THERE SHOULD ONE MAN DIE IGNORANT WHO HAD CAPACITY FOR KNOWLEDGE, THIS I CALL A TRAGEDY, WHERE IT TO HAPPEN MORE THAN TWENTY TIMES IN THE MINUTE, AS BY SOME COMPUTATIONS IT DOES" Upperthorpe has a laundry and a swimming baths attached to the building. Highfield doesn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
me-and-pippo Posted November 9, 2010 Share Posted November 9, 2010 the library section of Upperthorpe is, indeed, almost identical to Highfield library. There are two slight differences. Upperthorpe has a pretty carving over the door. Highfield library has a beautiful and inspiring quote over the door, Which reads "THAT THERE SHOULD ONE MAN DIE IGNORANT WHO HAD CAPACITY FOR KNOWLEDGE, THIS I CALL A TRAGEDY, WHERE IT TO HAPPEN MORE THAN TWENTY TIMES IN THE MINUTE, AS BY SOME COMPUTATIONS IT DOES" Upperthorpe has a laundry and a swimming baths attached to the building. Highfield doesn't. Yes I noticed those words over the door of the 'FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY', by Thomas Carlyle photobucket m&p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
me-and-pippo Posted November 9, 2010 Share Posted November 9, 2010 I believe Upperthorpe, Burngreave and Highfield were the first 'suburban' libraries in Sheffield. Upperthorpe was built around 1869 but Highfield not until perhaps ten years later as the Corporation didn't purchase the land from the Alderson estate until 1876. Burngreave library is architecturally quite different from the other two and looks more like a chapel than a library so perhaps it was an adaptation of an existing building. http://www.picturesheffield.com/cgi-bin/picturesheffield.pl?_cgifunction=form&_layout=picturesheffield&keyval=sheff.refno=u03147 According to this both libraries were opened in 1876, Upperthorpe on 8th May and Highfield on 1st August. m&p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plain Talker Posted November 9, 2010 Share Posted November 9, 2010 That's fascinating M & P, thank you for finding that information out. I love the inscription over the doorway of Highfield branch library. I find it touching and inspiring. I spent many happy hours in Highfield library as a child/ young woman. I love books and love reading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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