Description

SHEFFIELD

SK3486NW BROOMSPRING LANE
784-1/28/117 (North side)
01/09/89 No.120A
Cutlery forge and assembly shop
(Formerly Listed as:
BROOMSPRING LANE
No.120A
Workshop)

GV II

Cutlery forge and assembly shop, now silversmith's workshop.
c1864. Brick with stone sills and slate roof with 2 brick
ridge stacks.
Single storey; 8 window range. Windows are 12 pane sashes with
slight segmental heads. South side has to left a window
flanked to left by a board door and to right by a blocked
doorway. To their right, 3 windows, the right one blocked,
then a segment-headed door and a window. At the rear, 6
windows. To right, a glazed lean-to addition covering 2
blocked windows.
INTERIOR has to left a complete blade forge, and in the right
part, a hob grate with a back boiler.
This building was used for the manufacture of decorators'
spatulas and scrapers. It is a survivor of the once-numerous
Little Mesters' workshops, a form of small scale industry
characteristic of Sheffield.

Listing NGR: SK3422986982

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26539319

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