Description

SHEFFIELD

SK3485NW CEMETERY ROAD
784-1/37/155 (North West side)
08/09/70 No.294
Montague house
(Formerly Listed as:
CEMETERY ROAD
Office Building at General Cemetery)

GV II

Offices to general cemetery, now offices. c1836, with late C20
alterations. Probably by Samuel Worth. Ashlar with slate roof
and 4 coped side wall stacks. Classical style.
Plinth, string course, eaves cornice. 2 storey main block with
single storey flat-roofed wings. Entrance front has a central
wooden cross casement with flanking pilasters. Full width
rusticated single storey wing has corner pilasters. Central
doorway has a pair of fluted Doric columns in antis, framing a
4-panel door with overlight. On each side, a 2-light casement
with Egyptian surrounds and cornices. Rear elevation has
similar fenestration. Pedimented street front has paired giant
Doric corner pilasters and 2 wooden cross casements on each
floor. On either side, rusticated wings with single 2-light
casements, with Egyptian surrounds and cornices.
INTERIOR: moulded cornices to hallway and stairwell.
Cantilevered dogleg stone stair with iron stick balusters.
(The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Yorkshire: The West
Riding: London: 1967-: 459).

Listing NGR: SK3417385827

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26539399

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Recommended Books

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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)