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Urban_Explorer

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The History 

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Sheffield Old Town Hall stands in centre of Sheffield, England. 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. The present owners have had the old Town Hall since 2004 but it has stood empty since then. It is Grade II listed and was supposed to go to auction in October 2008, but when BBC Radio Sheffield contacted the auctioneers they hadn’t been paid their fees so it wouldn’t be able to go under the hammer.

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Nice one I liked this when I went. Good to see it open again...

 

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Nice set mate, good to see a new perspective on an old classic (y)

Where the frigg is that stair case in number 3? I've been about 4 times and ive never seen it lol, hing is ive probably walked up those stairs and not noticed the skylights!! very very annoying when you cant picture where it is :mrgreen:

 

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Yes I did here that the gate was closed. Hasn't it recently been bought.

 

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Still looks a great explore this, nice one 

 

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Nice set mate, good to see a new perspective on an old classic (y)

Where the frigg is that stair case in number 3? I've been about 4 times and ive never seen it lol, hing is ive probably walked up those stairs and not noticed the skylights!! very very annoying when you cant picture where it is :mrgreen:


It's next to court room 1 behind a door...

 

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Great set of photos, shows the place really nicely :)  

 

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Really nice set of the place and never tire of seeing pics of this place after all this time :)

 Cheers for posting (y)  

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I went here god, ages ago and was faced with the roller, I just forgot about it since ive been to bloody sheffield twice now! if pocket-size peeps can get in now i may have to get back up those parts! Great captures! :)

 
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