Prudential Assurance Building
PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE BUILDING, 87 AND 89, PINSTONE STREET
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1271137
- Date first listed:
- 28-Jun-1973
- List Entry Name:
- Prudential Assurance Building
- Statutory Address:
- PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE BUILDING, 87 AND 89, PINSTONE STREET
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 2001-04-22
- Reference:
- IOE01/03822/08
- Rights:
- © Mrs Barbara A West. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1271137
- Date first listed:
- 28-Jun-1973
- List Entry Name:
- Prudential Assurance Building
- Statutory Address 1:
- PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE BUILDING, 87 AND 89, PINSTONE 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:
- PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE BUILDING, 87 AND 89, PINSTONE 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 35331 87057
Details
SHEFFIELD
SK3587SW PINSTONE STREET 784-1/24/593 (South East side) 28/06/73 Nos.87 AND 89 Prudential Assurance Building
GV II
Offices and shops. 1896. By Alfred Waterhouse. For the Prudential Assurance Co. Red brick with granite plinth and terracotta dressings, with steep pitched plain tile roof and single ridge and 2 gable stacks, all panelled and coped. Renaissance Revival style. EXTERIOR: plinth, first floor and third floor cornices, the latter dentilled. Fourth floor has half-octagonal buttresses to each bay, topped with pinnacles. 4 storeys plus attics; 7 window range. Polygonal facade on corner site. Windows are mainly cross mullioned casements. At the apex of the corner, four 2-light windows, those to the second floor in segment-headed recesses. To left, two 3-light windows, and to right, single 3-light windows. Fourth floor has similar fenestration, with a panel above the central pair of windows inscribed "Prudential Assurance", and machicolated parapets over the flanking pairs of windows. Above the centre, a large segmental pedimented gable flanked by spired buttresses and topped with an urn, with 2 plain sashes with transoms and fanlights. On either side, 2 box dormers with single and double glazing bar lights. To left, a smaller gable with concave ramped coping and finial, also with 2 plain sashes with transoms and fanlights. Ground floor has in the centre three 2-light windows with panelled and enriched pilasters between them. To left, a large basket-arched doorway, then a 3-light window. To right, a moulded elliptical arched doorway with fanlight, then a basket arched shopfront with transom and glazing-bar overlight. INTERIOR not inspected. This building is one of many in this style designed by Waterhouse for the Prudential Assurance Co.
Listing NGR: SK3533187057
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 455953
- 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.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 07-Jul-2026 at 03:51:33.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.