Queens Tower

SHEFFIELD

SK38NE PARK GRANGE ROAD 784-1/6/575 (South side (off)) 28/06/73 Queen's Tower

GV II

House. 1839. For Samuel Roberts. Enlarged 1855 for the Duke of Norfolk. Ashlar with slate roofs. Crenellated Gothic style. Square plan with attached ornamental gateway and octagonal turret and corner tower. EXTERIOR: moulded and chamfered plinth, string courses, crenellated parapets. Lancet windows, mainly with transoms. 2 storeys; 3 window range. South entrance front has a 2-light and a 4-light window and a canted crenellated porch with a 4 centred arched doorway under flat hood with Latin inscription and curved brackets. Porch has traceried vault and walls. To left, a recessed bay with a single blocked window and below, a square crenellated projection. North front has in the centre a 3-light window above and a 4-light one below. To left, a machicolated stair turret, 3 stages. To its left, an elliptical arched gateway with octagonal flanking turrets with ogee domes and finials. Above the gateway, a 7-light traceried panel under a square shouldered gable. On either side, a link wall with a niche above and a blank window below. To left, a single stage machicolated octagonal turret. To right, a 3 stage octagonal tower with machicolations and an external octagonal side wall stack. Third stage has a 2-light window. West front has to left a face of this tower with a canted crenellated bay window with three 3-light windows. Above, a French window and above again, a 3-light window. In the centre, a 4-light window and below, a canted crenellated 3-light bay window. To right, a square projection with double octagonal side wall stack. Smaller canted 2-storey bay window with single lights above and cusped lancets below, with traceried panels over them. East side has plain parapet, triple side wall stack, and a 2-light and a 3-light window on each floor. INTERIOR is reputed to contain a curved stone stair and late C19 decoration. HISTORICAL NOTE: Samuel Roberts Snr. was a silver plate manufacturer and incidentally an antiquarian, and an enthusiast for Mary Queen of Scots. This may well account for the building's name and style. His son, Samuel Jnr., occupied the house 1839-1887. (The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Yorkshire: The West Riding: London: 1967-: 467; Researches by G Hague, Sheffield City Council).

Listing NGR: SK3622785880