Sheffield history: 10 of the oldest buildings in Sheffield, including a pub dating back to 1400s
Sheffield history: 10 of the oldest buildings in Sheffield, including a pub dating back to 1400s.
There are many vanished Sheffield landmarks that make those who recall them teary-eyed.
However, some of the city’s buildings have endured the test of time, dating back hundreds of years and containing fascinating stories. We’ve put together a photo gallery of ten of the city’s most historic buildings.
It is difficult to establish definitively which buildings are Sheffield’s oldest because records are lost and many have been significantly altered throughout time, making it difficult to determine how much of the original structure survives.
Sheffield Cathedral is often regarded as the city’s oldest building that is still in use today, with the majority of what is present dating back to 1430 and other elements dating back even further.
With our free daily email, you won’t miss any of the latest breaking news and stories from Sheffield and South Yorkshire. The other structures on our list are undoubtedly among the oldest in the city.
They include a city centre bar, the city’s oldest domestic building, going back to 1475, and a timber-framed house erected during Mary Tudor’s reign, which now looks down on the city centre from one of Sheffield’s most popular parks.
The following are ten of Sheffield’s oldest buildings, in no particular sequence.
2. The Old Queens Head pub
The Old Queens Head tavern, located on Pond Street near Sheffield bus station, is the city’s oldest domestic building, dating back to 1475.
The remarkable Grade II-listed timber-framed structure was formerly known as Hall i’ th’ Ponds. It was originally a hunting lodge for the Earl of Shrewsbury and was converted into an inn in the 1600s. It is named after Mary Queen of Scots, who was kept captive in Sheffield for 14 years before being executed.
According to legend, a secret tunnel beneath the hill led to Manor Lodge, where the royal prisoner would sneak out for a drink at what is now the Old Queens Head tavern.
The structure is said to be haunted by several spirits, including a Civil War soldier who stands in front of the fireplace and has been seen numerous times by drinkers.
3. Sheffield Cathedral
Sheffield Cathedral claims to be Sheffield’s oldest edifice that is continuously in use today.
The cathedral’s main structure, with its spire, dates from around 1430, but Christian worship on the site is thought to date back to the ninth century, with a Norman church built there in 1100.
When the old church was demolished and a new one built in its place in 1430, some of the Norman stones were reused and may still be seen high on the sanctuary wall. Photo: James. Sales
4. The Priory, Ecclesfield
According to Historic England, the Old Hall and The Priory, located on Priory Road in Ecclesfield, Sheffield, date back to 1300.
The Grade II*-listed former priory and residence, which is now three dwellings, has undergone several changes over time. The chapel block was established around 1300 and refurbished in the nineteenth century, while the house originates from 1736.
Historic England describes Ecclesfield Priory as a ‘alien cell’ of the Benedictine Abbey of St. Wardrille in Normandy. Photo by Julia Armstrong.
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