Description

SHEFFIELD

SK38NE DARNALL ROAD 784-1/6/245 (South West side) 21/05/87 Workshop at Darnall Works approx 30m south-west of No.20 (No.20 not included)

GV II

Heat treatment workshop, now stock grinding plant. 1913. For the Kayser Ellison firm. Steel framed structure with glass and brick infill panels, concrete dressings and sheet metal roof with 2 large gabled ventilators. Open to roof, with 2 storey elevation. 12 x 6 bays. Brick walls on each floor below continuous multi-pane glazing, with concrete sills and lintels. Ground floor has large doorways in the sixth and eleventh bays. Ground floor bays 1 to 7 have the glazing replaced by corrugated iron cladding. Brick gable peaks have 2 round openings. Lower flat-roofed single storey projection in each gable end. INTERIOR not inspected. Part of the sole surviving large crucible steel works in Sheffield, and an early example of steel framed industrial building. (Darnall Works 1835-1965: Sanderson Kayser Ltd.: 1965-; 400 years of iron and steel: Sanderson Kayser Magazine: 1969-1971; House of Saben Vol. 1, No 4, 1921 & Vol. 2 No 12, 1927).

Listing NGR: SK3837688610

External Links

• Wikidata Q26539689

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Recommended Books

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  For the Record
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)