Description

SHEFFIELD

SK3486NE THOMAS STREET
784-1/29/712 (South West side)
Taylor's Ceylon Works

GV II

Cutlery works. c1850 and c1875. Brick with glazed brick
dressings and slate roofs with 2 ridge and single gable
stacks.
Plinth, sillbands, eaves cornice. 3 storeys; 7 x 17 windows.
L-plan. Front has the first and second floors faced in white
glazed brick. Upper floors have 7 glazing bar sashes. Below, a
pair of doors with moulded round glazed brick heads and
fanlights, flanked by 3 sashes to left and 2 to right. Left
gable has on each floor 2 segment-headed 3-light glazing bar
casements. To left, fronting Egerton Lane, a workshop block, 3
storeys; 17 window range. First and second floors have
segment-headed 2-light glazing bar casements. Ground floor has
to left a blocked carriage opening. To its right, a door
flanked to left by 9 windows and to right by 5 windows, all
similar to those above. Rear elevation has on the second floor
17 segment-headed 2-light glazing bar casements. Most of the
lower floor is covered by a 2 storey lean-to addition.
INTERIOR not inspected.
The name of the works may refer to the market it was intended
to serve, as this was a frequent practice of Sheffield
manufacturers.

Listing NGR: SK3479286755

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26560900

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Recommended Books

• 
  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014