Entrance gateway to Thomas Firth and Sons Siemens Department is a Grade II listed building in the Sheffield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1986. Gateway.
Entrance gateway to Thomas Firth and Sons Siemens Department
- WRENN ID
- north-minaret-frost
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sheffield
- Constituency
- Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough MP: Gill Furniss (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 March 1986
- Type
- Gateway
- Address
- Entrance gateway to Thomas Firth and Sons Siemens Department, Savile Street East
- OS grid reference
- SK 369 887
- Coordinates
- 53.3939, -1.44654
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The entrance gateway to the former steelworks of Thomas Firth and Sons Siemens Department dates from around 1900. It is constructed of rusticated ashlar and features a plinth with flat coping. The gateway includes a carriage arch with a segmental head and multiple keystones, along with a doorway below. On either side of the arch, there are recessed panels with keystone lintels, and above these are windows. All openings are now filled with 20th-century railings. Below the coping, there is an inscription that reads "Thos Firth & Sons Ltd Siemens Dept." This gateway served as the entrance to the Norfolk Melting Shop, which was part of the renowned company. The name reflects the Siemens open-hearth process, which had become the standard method for producing steel in bulk by 1900. The large-scale steel industry in Sheffield began relocating to this area from the mid-19th century onwards.
Local climate
Entrance gateway to Thomas Firth and Sons Siemens Department receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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