Monument to Thomas Boulsover on north side of Wire Mill Dam

The monument to Thomas Boulsover, located on the north side of Wire Mill Dam, was erected in 1929 and designed by J R Wigfull for David Flather, who served as Master Cutler from 1926 to 1927. It is built in a classical style using sandstone ashlar and features a bronze plaque.

The stone monument has a moulded plinth that supports a coursed ashlar panel with a round-headed blind arch. This arch is topped with an open triangular pediment that includes a relief-carved coat of arms. The coat of arms features a shield adorned with three pairs of crossed swords, an elephant’s head above the shield, and a scroll beneath it inscribed with "1705 T.B. 1788." Inside the blind arch, the bronze plaque displays raised lettering that reads: "THIS MEMORIAL / WAS ERECTED PARTLY OF / THE STONES FROM A MILL / BUILT NEAR THIS PLACE BY / THOMAS BOULSOVER / THE INVENTOR OF / SHEFFIELD PLATE / BORN 1705 DIED 1788 / HE CARRIED ON HIS INDUS- / TRIES HERE AND RESIDED AT / WHITELEY WOOD HALL / FROM 1762 UNTIL HIS DEATH / ERECTED BY / DAVID FLATHER / MASTER CUTLER 1926-1927."