Description

SHEFFIELD

SK38NE MALTRAVERS STREET
784-1/6/491 (North side)
28/06/73 Sheaf Works
(Formerly Listed as:
MALTRAVERS STREET
Sheaf Works (front block only))

II

Cutlery works, now disused. 1823. Ashlar with hipped slate
roof and 2 large ridge stacks. Classical Revival style.
Plinth, first floor band and sillband, moulded eaves and
pediment, coped parapet. 3 storeys; 9 window range.
Projecting centre, 5 windows, with pediment containing tablet
inscribed "Sheaf Works". Windows are 12 pane sashes, the pair
to right replaced by plain sashes, with moulded surrounds and
cornices. Above, nine 6 pane sashes, 2 of them replaced by
2-light casements. Ground floor has 12 pane sashes with eared
architraves and cornices.
Right return, 3 windows, has a projecting centre. Single 12
pane sash flanked by single tripartite sashes with scrolled
pediments. Above, three 6 pane sashes with cornices. Below,
doorcase with double columns, cornice and fanlight, flanked by
single tripartite sashes with scrolled pediments.
Rear has regular fenestration, with a clock in the pediment
and 3 elliptical arched basement openings with keystones, now
blocked.
INTERIOR not inspected.
This building is said to be the first designed for the factory
production of cutlery.

Listing NGR: SK3619587839

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26539004

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Recommended Books

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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)