Abbeydale House

SK38SW 784-1/9/64 10/01/73

SHEFFIELD BARMOUTH ROAD (South West side) Abbeydale House

II

House, now store. c1848, with mid and late C20 alterations. Designed by Rooke Harrison of Sheffield. For John Rodgers, head of Joseph Rodgers & Sons, cutlery manufacturers. Stucco and ashlar, with hipped slate roof. Italianate style. Moulded plinth, impost band, modillion first floor and eaves cornices. 2 storeys plus basement; 4 window range of plain sashes with panelled surrounds and dentilled cornices. Ground floor has Ionic pilasters. Central Ionic portico, 3 bays, with dentilled cornice and open balustrade, covering 8-panel door with fanlight, flanked by single plain sashes. Beyond, on either side, a Venetian window. All these openings have moulded round heads and keystones. To left, a C20 door in the basement. Outside, a pair of S-curved rendered flanking walls with square piers and slab coping. Right return has 4 sashes and a 2 storey single bay link with extruded corner to adjoining 2 window service wing. To right, a bow window with 3 round-headed lights. Similar rear elevation has 5 plain sashes on each floor. 3 basement windows, to left, converted to doors. INTERIOR not inspected.

Listing NGR: SK3419984151