Hillsborough House And Attached Boundary Walls, Railings And Outbuildings

SHEFFIELD

SK39SW PARKSIDE ROAD 784-1/1/583 No.104 Hillsborough House and attached boundary walls, railings & outbuildings

GV II

Headteacher's house, now offices, and attached boundary walls, railings and outbuildings. c1884. Probably by Wilson & Masters, architects of the adjacent school (qv), for the Ecclesfield School Board. Coursed squared stone with ashlar dressings and slate roof with coped brick side wall and gable stacks. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys; 3 window range. To left, a slightly projecting gable with a plain sash, and below, a canted stone bay window with blocking course and 3 plain sashes. Range to right has a small plain sash, and to its right, a gabled through-eaves dormer with a larger plain sash. Below, to left, a C20 half-glazed door with sidelights, under a sloping hood on wooden brackets. To right, a double plain sash with stone mullion. Left return has a single storey outshut. INTERIOR not inspected. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: adjoining stone boundary wall with rounded corners encloses the triangular site. Parkside Road range has spiked wrought-iron railing with chamfered plinth and square stone piers with cross-gabled ashlar caps. 4 pairs of gate piers with wrought-iron gates. Higher range to Middlewood Road has gabled stone coping and a stepped flat topped gable adjoining Hillsborough House. Catch Bar Lane range has a gabled coping to right, with a small gateway. In the centre, a double gateway. To left, a higher wall with stepped slab coping, and adjoining outbuildings with hipped and lean-to roofs. Ancillary buildings to Hillsborough Nursery, First and Middle Schools (qv). (Researches by G Hague, Sheffield City Council).

Listing NGR: SK3306990504