Sheaf House Public House

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SK38NE BRAMALL LANE 784-1/6/96 (East side) No.331 Sheaf House Public House

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House, now public house. c1800, with late C19 and late C20 alterations. Probably for John Younge. Brick with whitewashed stucco front, ashlar dressings and hipped slate roof with 2 coped brick side wall stacks. EXTERIOR: plinth, first floor band and sillband, dentilled eaves and blocking course. 2 storeys; 3 x 4 windows. Slightly projecting central bay with dentilled pediment and plain sash with cornice on brackets. Beyond, on either side, a plain sash with incised lintel and keystone. Central square late C19 porch with reset ashlar doorcase with Doric columns and open pediment on scroll brackets, containing an oval light with lattice glazing bars. Late C20 double doors. Beyond, on either side, a canted wooden bay window with fixed light, linked to the porch by a wooden cross casement set at an angle. Right return has three 12-pane sashes and to right, a reglazed and reduced window. Below, to left, three 12-pane sashes, then a late C20 fire door. All these openings have brick flat arches. INTERIOR has porch screen with triple round-headed window, c1900. Entrance hall has dentilled cornice and moulded round arch into room to right. Stair well has an enriched dentilled cornice, and retains the upper flight of a cantilever stone staircase. Main ground floor rooms are joined by large late C20 openings. John Younge operated a rolling mill on an adjoining site c1788. Sheaf House was converted to a pleasure ground and hotel, late C19.

Listing NGR: SK3531785766