Description

SHEFFIELD

SK38SW BARMOUTH ROAD
784-1/9/64 (South West side)
10/01/73 Abbeydale House

II

House, now store. c1848, with mid and late C20 alterations.
Designed by Rooke Harrison of Sheffield. For John Rodgers,
head of Joseph Rodgers & Sons, cutlery manufacturers. Stucco
and ashlar, with hipped slate roof. Italianate style.
Moulded plinth, impost band, modillion first floor and eaves
cornices. 2 storeys plus basement; 4 window range of plain
sashes with panelled surrounds and dentilled cornices. Ground
floor has Ionic pilasters. Central Ionic portico, 3 bays, with
dentilled cornice and open balustrade, covering 8-panel door
with fanlight, flanked by single plain sashes. Beyond, on
either side, a Venetian window. All these openings have
moulded round heads and keystones. To left, a C20 door in the
basement. Outside, a pair of S-curved rendered flanking walls
with square piers and slab coping.
Right return has 4 sashes and a 2 storey single bay link with
extruded corner to adjoining 2 window service wing. To right,
a bow window with 3 round-headed lights. Similar rear
elevation has 5 plain sashes on each floor. 3 basement
windows, to left, converted to doors.
INTERIOR not inspected.

Listing NGR: SK3422484133

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26561255

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Recommended Books

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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)