Montague House

SHEFFIELD

SK3485NW CEMETERY ROAD 784-1/37/155 (North West side) 08/09/70 No.294 Montague house (Formerly Listed as: CEMETERY ROAD Office Building at General Cemetery)

GV II

Offices to general cemetery, now offices. c1836, with late C20 alterations. Probably by Samuel Worth. Ashlar with slate roof and 4 coped side wall stacks. Classical style. Plinth, string course, eaves cornice. 2 storey main block with single storey flat-roofed wings. Entrance front has a central wooden cross casement with flanking pilasters. Full width rusticated single storey wing has corner pilasters. Central doorway has a pair of fluted Doric columns in antis, framing a 4-panel door with overlight. On each side, a 2-light casement with Egyptian surrounds and cornices. Rear elevation has similar fenestration. Pedimented street front has paired giant Doric corner pilasters and 2 wooden cross casements on each floor. On either side, rusticated wings with single 2-light casements, with Egyptian surrounds and cornices. INTERIOR: moulded cornices to hallway and stairwell. Cantilevered dogleg stone stair with iron stick balusters. (The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Yorkshire: The West Riding: London: 1967-: 459).

Listing NGR: SK3417385827