Description

SK38SW
784-1/9/64
10/01/73

SHEFFIELD
BARMOUTH ROAD
(South West side)
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: SK3419984151

External Links

• Wikidata Q26561255

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Recommended Books

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)