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mr beardy
17-01-2013, 09:07 PM
The building was commissioned to replace Sheffield’s first town hall, which had opened in 1700 to a design by William Renny. This first structure stood by the parish church, on a site with little prospect for extension.

The Old Town Hall was built in 1807–8 by Charles Watson, and was designed to house not only the Town Trustees but also the Petty and Quarter Sessions. The initial building was a five-bay structure fronting Castle Street, but it was extended in 1833 and again in 1866 by William Flockton (1804-1864) of Sheffield and his partner for the project, Abbott; the most prominent feature was the new central clock tower over a new main entrance that reoriented the building to Waingate. At the same time, the building’s courtrooms were linked by underground passages to the neighbouring Sheffield Police Offices.

The first Town Council was elected in 1843 and took over the lease of the Town Trustees’ hall in 1866. The following year, the building was extensively renovated, with a clock tower designed by Flockton & Abbott being added.

By the 1890s, the building had again become too small, and the current Sheffield Town Hall was built further south. The Old Town Hall was again extended in 1896-7, by the renamed Flockton, Gibbs & Flockton, and became Sheffield Crown Court and Sheffield High Court. In the 1990s, these courts moved to new premises, and since at least 1997 to present, the building remains disused. In 2007, it was named by the Victorian Society as one of their top ten buildings most at-risk


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sammydoublewhammy
17-01-2013, 10:15 PM
That one of the staircase is banging.

Only2Eyes
17-01-2013, 10:30 PM
Nice one, beard.

birdinanaviary
17-01-2013, 10:40 PM
2nd from bottom
The court no.1 shot
Is ace

:)

Perjury Saint
17-01-2013, 10:49 PM
Number 6 is splendid...

mr beardy
17-01-2013, 10:52 PM
Cheers babes

Clough
18-01-2013, 10:40 AM
Lovely isn't it

mrtoby
18-01-2013, 11:09 AM
court no.1 shadow shot FTW....good show mate.

coops
18-01-2013, 05:04 PM
Very nice mate some belters there

BadBatz
19-01-2013, 12:21 AM
Well, I might as well add a few.

http://i1180.photobucket.com/albums/x405/TheBadBatz/Steeltown%20Judgement/3_renamed_604_zpsea44e917.jpg

http://i1180.photobucket.com/albums/x405/TheBadBatz/Steeltown%20Judgement/29_zps67162599.jpg

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http://i1180.photobucket.com/albums/x405/TheBadBatz/Steeltown%20Judgement/22_zps98eee8a6.jpg

There we go.

boxerheaven
19-01-2013, 08:28 PM
excellet pics from both of you :)

ROYALBOB
19-01-2013, 10:13 PM
Lovley stuffs.