Taylors Ceylon Works

SHEFFIELD

SK3486NE THOMAS STREET 784-1/29/712 (South West side) Taylor's Ceylon Works

GV II

Cutlery works. c1850 and c1875. Brick with glazed brick dressings and slate roofs with 2 ridge and single gable stacks. Plinth, sillbands, eaves cornice. 3 storeys; 7 x 17 windows. L-plan. Front has the first and second floors faced in white glazed brick. Upper floors have 7 glazing bar sashes. Below, a pair of doors with moulded round glazed brick heads and fanlights, flanked by 3 sashes to left and 2 to right. Left gable has on each floor 2 segment-headed 3-light glazing bar casements. To left, fronting Egerton Lane, a workshop block, 3 storeys; 17 window range. First and second floors have segment-headed 2-light glazing bar casements. Ground floor has to left a blocked carriage opening. To its right, a door flanked to left by 9 windows and to right by 5 windows, all similar to those above. Rear elevation has on the second floor 17 segment-headed 2-light glazing bar casements. Most of the lower floor is covered by a 2 storey lean-to addition. INTERIOR not inspected. The name of the works may refer to the market it was intended to serve, as this was a frequent practice of Sheffield manufacturers.

Listing NGR: SK3479286755