Gateway and Railings to Botanical Gardens
GATEWAY AND RAILINGS TO BOTANICAL GARDENS, THOMPSON STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1247428
- Date first listed:
- 12-Dec-1995
- List Entry Name:
- Gateway and Railings to Botanical Gardens
- Statutory Address:
- GATEWAY AND RAILINGS TO BOTANICAL GARDENS, THOMPSON STREET
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- Date:
- 2003-02-02
- Reference:
- IOE01/08421/28
- Rights:
- © Mrs Barbara A West. Source: Historic England Archive
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1247428
- Date first listed:
- 12-Dec-1995
- List Entry Name:
- Gateway and Railings to Botanical Gardens
- Statutory Address 1:
- GATEWAY AND RAILINGS TO BOTANICAL GARDENS, THOMPSON STREET
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- GATEWAY AND RAILINGS TO BOTANICAL GARDENS, THOMPSON STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Sheffield (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SK 33726 86073
Details
SHEFFIELD
SK3386SE THOMPSON ROAD 784-1/33/928 (North East side) Gateway and railings to Botanical Gardens
II
Gateway and railings. c1900. Ashlar and wrought-iron. A pair of tall square ashlar gate piers with moulded bases, panelled sides, and deep entablature with shaped cap surmounted by a ball. Between them, a pair of ornate wrought-iron gates. On each side, single pedestrian gates of similar design flanked by shorter square gate piers similar to the main piers. To the right, a short stretch of railing over an ashlar base wall, ending in a square pier with moulded base and cap. To the left, railings over an ashlar base wall stretch along Thompson Road and up the hill to the edge of the Botanical Gardens. These railings are divided into panels by taller square iron piers with pyramidal caps and ornate supports. At the end, a square ashlar pier with moulded base and cap surmounted by a ball.
Listing NGR: SK3372686073
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 456902
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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