Former Sheffield Telegraph And Star Building

The former Sheffield Telegraph and Star building, now offices and shops, was constructed in 1916 and restored around 1985. Designed by Gibbs, Flockton & Teather for the Sheffield Telegraph and Star newspaper, it is an example of Baroque Revival style architecture.

The external facade is clad in faience, currently painted. The building comprises two main storeys and an attic, with a five-window arrangement. The windows are primarily metal-framed with glazing bars. The central block has a first floor divided by pilasters with festoons, set under a dentilled cornice. Three windows are divided by Doric columns beneath heavily moulded transoms. Above these windows are segment-headed Diocletian windows adorned with shaped keystones and roundels within the spandrels. The narrower end bays feature a single window with a moulded lintel and cornice, and above it, a smaller single window with a moulded surround. The returns exhibit a similar three-light window with a common moulded cornice and central segmental pediment. Above this is a flat-headed three-light window with a central scroll keystone. The attic has recessed central and outer bays defined by pilasters, a moulded cornice, and a blocking course. Projecting bays have a flat-headed three-light window. Small six-pane windows are located on each return. Above, a central square lantern with diagonal buttresses and festoons rises, topped by a dentilled cornice with corner breaks. Flanking the lantern are three-light windows divided by Doric columns. A concave-sided leaded tent roof covers the lantern, with a clock dial on each side. Above a moulded cornice sits a square leaded dome with a finial. The ground floor features five large, segment-arched openings with scroll keystones under a moulded cornice, each now containing a late 20th-century shopfront beneath a glazing bar Diocletian window. The return to York Street has a low, two-storey block with five smaller arched openings under a moulded cornice on the left. A higher fifth bay displays a first-floor window with a scroll keystone and pediment. To the right, a narrower bay has an altered window below and a round window above, with a canted corner featuring three three-light windows and a late 20th-century entrance below. The interior of the building has not been inspected.