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Filemakers' Manufactory Immediately to the North West of Number 11

A Grade II Listed Building in Ecclesfield, Sheffield

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.4417 / 53°26'30"N

Longitude: -1.4678 / 1°28'4"W

OS Eastings: 435446

OS Northings: 394016

OS Grid: SK354940

Mapcode National: GBR LX6M.0Y

Mapcode Global: WHDD9.FR8C

Plus Code: 9C5WCGRJ+MV

Entry Name: Filemakers' Manufactory Immediately to the North West of Number 11

Listing Date: 8 August 1985

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1192853

English Heritage Legacy ID: 335468

ID on this website: 101192853

Location: Ecclesfield, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S35

County: Sheffield

Civil Parish: Ecclesfield

Built-Up Area: Sheffield

Traditional County: Yorkshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): South Yorkshire

Church of England Parish: Ecclesfield St Mary the Virgin

Church of England Diocese: Sheffield

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Description


SK39SE
11/145

ECCLESFIELD
HIGH STREET,
(east side)
Filemakers' manufactory immediately to the north-west of No 11

II

Filemakers' manufactory preserved as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
Early C19. Sandstone, Welsh and stone slate roofs. Irregular
range of 4 contiguous small buildings set at right angles to the
street, mostly single storey, comprising from left to right:
filemakers' workshop, warehouse and packing shop, hardening and
tanging shop, cart shed.

Workshop: rubble stone plinth, framed door to right, continuous
row of small-pane wood casements to left. Single pitch roof coped
at left end. Central brick stack.

Warehouse: 2 storeys. Boarded door to right under stone lintel;
central 5-light casement with a later window immediately above.

Hardening shop: boarded door and garage door; to right the tanging
shop has boarded door and open wood-framed 3-light window with
internal shutter; brick chimneys to ridge.

Cart shed is open fronted with central column built up in grindstones.

Interiors: workshop retains 8 workplaces or 'stitheys' set along the
window, each with a stone stump on which the files were cut, hearth
to rear. Workbench in packing shop. 2 hearths with brick firehoods
in tanging shop.

Listing NGR: SK3544694016

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