Columbia Place is a Grade II listed building in the Sheffield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 June 1973. Warehouse.

Columbia Place

WRENN ID
dreaming-pier-birch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Sheffield
Constituency
Sheffield Central MP: Abtisam Mohamed (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 June 1973
Type
Warehouse
Address
Columbia Place, 46, Suffolk Road
OS grid reference
SK 357 866
Coordinates
53.37563, -1.46398
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Columbia Place is a warehouse, now used as a garage, built around 1849 with mid-19th century and late 20th century alterations. It was constructed for Thomas Tillotson & Co. The building features colourwashed stucco and a hipped slate roof, designed in the Classical Revival style. It has a plinth and a first-floor band, standing two storeys plus attics with three sets of 19 windows.

The east front includes a first-floor band, angle pilasters on the first floor, a cornice, and a blocking course. The centre projects with a pediment and features a single 12-pane sash window, above which is a blank panel. On either side of the central window are similar 12-pane sashes with panels above them. The central doorway, which is now blocked, is round-arched and moulded, topped with a flat hood supported by scroll brackets, and carries sculpted and painted Royal arms. Flanking the doorway are round-headed glazing bar windows with moulded heads and imposts.

The left return has 19 plain sashes on the first floor, with 19 smaller plain sashes above. The ground floor features three large garage doors on the left and four plain sashes on the right. The interior has not been inspected. From around 1876 to 1937, the building was occupied by Brindley & Foster, organ builders, and the Royal arms likely relate to a royal appointment held by them.

Local climate

Columbia Place 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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