The Globe Works - Penistone Road

 

Taken on 27th June 2010 with Pentax K10D 8mm Samyang Fisheye

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The Globe Works are a former cutlery factory situated on Penistone Road / Green Lane.  The Works are a Grade II Listed Building which in the late 1980s were renovated to provide modern office space. It is part of the Kelham Island Conservation Area. The Globe Works were built in 1825 by the architects Henry and William Ibbotson for the edge tool manufacturers Ibbotson & Roebank. The Works are one of England’s oldest surviving cutlery and tool factories and were possibly the World’s first purpose built cutlery factory. When opened the Works produced steel, tools and cutlery on the one site in an integrated process driven by steam power. The Works has an ornamental façade frontage built in coarse square stone and brick in the Classical Revival style. The façade has two storeys with nine windows on each storey, the middle section is pedimented and this gives an additional half a storey to this section. Behind the ornamental façade were furnaces, a manager’s residence and a courtyard which was surrounded by many small workshops in which numerous Little mesters were employed.

Victoria Quays

Taken on 30th May 2010 with Pentax K10D 8mm Samyang Fisheye

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Sheffield Canal Basin, now known as Victoria Quays, is at the head of the Sheffield and Tinsley Canal, close to the City Centre. The basin dates from 1814, when the canal opened to connect with the River Don Navigation, allowing canal boats to reach the heart of Sheffield for the first time. The basin was a busy, thriving transhipment point for many years, but trade declined as more goods were moved by rail and later by road. By the 1970s, it had declined into a forlorn and unwelcoming state, with the warehouses becoming dilapidated. The whole area received a new lease of life in the 1990s, when the warehouses were restored and new buildings were added. The Sheaf works were turned into a pub, the derelict railway arches were converted into shop units and a marina was created on one side of the basin.

Blonk Street / Castlegate

Taken on 30th May 2010 with Pentax K10D 8mm Samyang Fisheye

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Castlegate was the main thoroughfare to and from Park Square to Wicker but it has been downgraded following the opening of the Sheffield Northern Relief Road. Castlegate, built along a portion of the River Don, was the old location of the slaughter houses, it currently houses the indoor markets, built in the 1960s to provide permanent accommodation to tradesmen and are now projected to be moved to The Moor where new bespoke buildings will be built. On the other side, a £13 million state-of-the-art office scheme has regenerated the central Riverside area.

The Wicker / Lady's Bridge

Taken on 30th May 2010 with Pentax K10D 8mm Samyang Fisheye

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The Wicker is an arterial street in Sheffield, noted for its history and the Grade II listed Wicker Arches viaduct that crosses it.  It runs in a north-east to south-westerly direction between Lady's Bridge and Wicker Arches. For many years the Wicker was an A road, but it has been downgraded following the opening of the Sheffield Northern Relief Road.

The Wicker

Taken on 30th May 2010 with Pentax K10D 8mm Samyang Fisheye

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The Wicker is an arterial street in Sheffield, noted for its history and the Grade II listed Wicker Arches viaduct that crosses it.  It runs in a north-east to south-westerly direction between Lady's Bridge and Wicker Arches. For many years the Wicker was an A road, but it has been downgraded following the opening of the Sheffield Northern Relief Road.

Fitzalan Square

Taken on 30th May 2010 with Pentax K10D 8mm Samyang Fisheye

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Fitzalan Square received a facelift during the summer of 2003. The Edward VII statue was cleaned, protected from pigeons, and lights added to illuminate it at night. New sandstone paving and steel benches were installed, the trees were pruned back and improved street lighting put in. The square contains two betting shops from national chains, a few insurance companies, amusement arcade and a small newsagents. In the inner part of the square there is also a fast food hut and a small police cabin. Sheffield's Head Post Office operated in the square for almost ninety years. Built in 1910 as an addition to the 1897 post office building on Flat Street, it closed in 1999.

Tudor Square

Taken on 30th May 2010 with Pentax K10D 8mm Samyang Fisheye

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Tudor Square is a public space built in 1991 and revamped in 2010, the square is home to the Crucible Theatre, Lyceum Theatre and the Sheffield Winter Gardens. Sheffield Central Library also borders the square, although only the Library Theatre part of the building can be directly accessed from it. The west side of the square is home to a range of pubs, bars and restaurants and The Ruskin Building.

Arundel Gate

Taken on 30th May 2010 with Pentax K10D 8mm Samyang Fisheye

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Arundel Gate runs to the rear of the St Pauls Tower (also called the City Lofts Tower or the Conran Tower), Novotel Hotel, Central Library, Lyceum and Crucible Theatres and has Sheffield Hallam University on the other side of the road. Arundel Gate was once a dual carriageway forming part of the ill fated urban city centre motorway, now downgraded to bus lanes and single file traffic.

Sheffield Hallam University / Howard Street

Taken on 30th May 2010 with Pentax K10D 8mm Samyang Fisheye

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Howard Street is a street in the city centre of Sheffield. It provides a short link between Sheaf Square and one of the great road arteries; Arundel Gate. The street was pedestrianised in 2006 so as to provide safe haven to pedestrians using the railway station. Howard Street is paved all through in granite. The top end of Howard Street was pedestrianised in the late 1990s and transformed into Hallam Square. Hallam Square is a half amphitheatre shaped plaza with seating, a water feature and the entrance to Sheffield Hallam University.

Arundel Gate

Taken on 30th May 2010 with Pentax K10D 8mm Samyang Fisheye

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Arundel Gate runs to the rear of the St Pauls Tower (also called the City Lofts Tower or the Conran Tower), Novotel Hotel, Central Library, Lyceum and Crucible Theatres and has Sheffield Hallam University on the other side of the road. Arundel Gate was once a dual carriageway forming part of the ill fated urban city centre motorway, now downgraded to bus lanes and single file traffic.