Description

SHEFFIELD

SK38NE EDMUND ROAD
784-1/6/304 (West side)
20/12/78 Edmund Road Drill Hall

GV II

Drill hall, now garage and workshops. 1878-79. By ME Hadfield
and Sons, with internal structure by Andrew Handyside of
Derby. Brick with ashlar dressings and hipped and gabled plain
tile and corrugated iron roofs. Tudor Revival style.
EXTERIOR: plinth, first floor band, string course, coped
gables and parapet. 2 storeys plus 3-stage tower; 10 window
range. Front windows have stone mullions.
Off-centre entrance tower has string courses, machicolated
panelled sides and octagonal corner turrets, crenellated
parapet and a coped corner stack. Pointed arched entrance with
dummy portcullis, wrought-iron gates and raised hoodmould.
Above, a segment-headed window flanked by flat-headed windows
set lower. Above again, a recessed panel with coat of arms. To
left, a 2 storey gabled block with 2 mullioned windows above
and 2 cross-mullioned windows below. To its left, a hipped
single storey addition with a canted bay window. To right, a
2-storey range with off-centre external stack. To its left, a
single window with a mullioned window to right and a 6-pane
cross mullioned window to left. Below, 2 cross mullion windows
flanked to left by a segmental pointed door with overlight. To
the right of the stack, 3 cross mullioned windows on each
floor. Right return has a smaller external stack flanked by
single plain sashes, and to right, 4 similar sashes. Below,
mainly mid C20 windows and doors.
Main hall, at rear, has clerestory with blocked windows. Left
return, 13 bays, has blind arcades with pointed arches and
towards the left, a gabled 2 storey wing. Right return has
mainly segment-headed windows and doors and to right, a
cross-wing with mainly late C20 fenestration.
INTERIOR: hall, approx. 50 x 30m, has shallow arched cast-iron
lattice trusses bearing on internal brick buttresses linked by
shallow pointed arches. A late work of Andrew Handyside.

Listing NGR: SK3554586243

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26560743

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Recommended Books

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  For the Record
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)