Monument to Thomas Boulsover on north side of Wire Mill Dam is a Grade II listed building in the Sheffield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 June 1973. Monument.
Monument to Thomas Boulsover on north side of Wire Mill Dam
- WRENN ID
- secret-postern-crag
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sheffield
- Constituency
- Sheffield Hallam MP: Olivia Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 June 1973
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Monument to Thomas Boulsover on north side of Wire Mill Dam, Whiteley Wood Road, S11 7FF
- OS grid reference
- SK 309 850
- Coordinates
- 53.36177, -1.53572
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
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."
Local climate
Monument to Thomas Boulsover on north side of Wire Mill Dam receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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