Description

SHEFFIELD

SK38NE DARNALL ROAD
784-1/6/246 (North East side)
No.287
The Ball Public House

GV II

Public house. Dated 1904, with late C20 alterations. For John
Smith's Brewery of Tadcaster. Red brick and ashlar, with
granite, terracotta and ashlar dressings and slate roof with 2
coped gable stacks. Baroque Revival style.
Ashlar ground floor, moulded sillbands. 3 storeys; 3 bays.
Symmetrical front. Central Venetian window with plain sashes
and double keystone. Below it, round-arched ashlar doorcase
with shaped keystone and bulged granite columns, under
segmental hood on enriched scroll brackets. Late C20 double
doors and blank fanlight. On either side, a 2 storey bow
window with shallow half-dome and on each floor a 5-light
cross mullioned window.
Second floor has bays divided by Ionic columns on scroll
corbels and topped with ball finials above the cornice. Heavy
dentilled cornice with breaks, and round arches to each bay.
In each bay, a double plain sash with Gibbs surround and
double keystone. Above the windows, a round-arched panel with
lettering in relief, the central bay reading "Ball Inn rebuilt
1904", and the side bays "John Smith's Tadcaster Ales".
INTERIOR refitted late C20.

Listing NGR: SK3886088320

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26560881

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Recommended Books

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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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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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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)