Bow Centre and Attached Railings
BOW CENTRE AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, HOLLY STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1255151
- Date first listed:
- 12-Dec-1995
- List Entry Name:
- Bow Centre and Attached Railings
- Statutory Address:
- BOW CENTRE AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, HOLLY STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1255151
- Date first listed:
- 12-Dec-1995
- List Entry Name:
- Bow Centre and Attached Railings
- Statutory Address 1:
- BOW CENTRE AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, HOLLY STREET
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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:
- BOW CENTRE AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, HOLLY 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 35185 87326
Details
SHEFFIELD
SK3587SW HOLLY STREET 784-1/24/436 (East side) Bow Centre and attached railing
GV II
Elementary school, now club. 1894. By JB Mitchell-Withers. For the Sheffield School Board. Ashlar. Roof not visible. Stripped Classical style. EXTERIOR: rusticated plinth, first floor and main cornices, the latter with blocking course. Rusticated pilasters to ground floor, paired Ionic pilasters to the first floor. 2 storeys; 2 x 3 bays. Entrance front, to Holly street, has projecting entrance block to right with a pilastered and pedimented single bell turret with balustrade. First floor has 2 superimposed small square windows on each floor. To left, plain square headed doorway with panelled double door and overlight. Left return has an 8 pane sash above and a larger 8 pane sash below. Outside, a wrought-iron railing with central panelled square ashlar piers and corniced caps, flanking a bridge with wrought-iron balustrade. West Street front has in the centre 2 paired 8-pane sashes framed by double pilasters and flanked by single blank bays. Below, similar fenestration. Basement has 6 square headed openings with railings. Right return has on each floor a paired window flanked by single windows, all 8 pane sashes. The upper paired window has a scroll pediment. Left return has similar fenestration. To left, a projecting block, 2 windows, with small superimposed sashes and to right, steps to a plain doorway with small cornice. INTERIOR not inspected. This building is part of a group illustrating the development of the City's educational facilities on a single site. Included for group value. (Researches by G Hague, Sheffield City Council).
Listing NGR: SK3518587326
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 458817
- 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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