Great Britain Sheffield Crown Court - Feb 2013

[Paulpowers]

I'm not normally know for buildings but this is one of those places that I just had to visit

The building besides a little peeling paint is in pretty good condition and I spent several hours covering the whole site from the underground to the roof top and all the bit in the middle

The Old Town Hall was built in 1807–8 by Charles Watson, and was designed to house not only the Town Trustees but also the Petty and Quarter Sessions. The initial building was a five-bay structure fronting Castle Street, but it was extended in 1833 and again in 1866 by William Flockton (1804-1864) of Sheffield and his partner for the project, Abbott; the most prominent feature was the new central clock tower over a new main entrance that reoriented the building to Waingate. At the same time, the building's courtrooms were linked by underground passages to the neighbouring Sheffield Police Offices.By the 1890s, the building had again become too small, and the current Sheffield Town Hall was built further south. The Old Town Hall was again extended in 1896-7, by the renamed Flockton, Gibbs & Flockton, and became Sheffield Crown Court and Sheffield High Court. In the 1990s, these courts moved to new premises, and since at least 1997 to present, the building remains disused.

In 2007, it was named by the Victorian Society as one of their top ten buildings most at-risk.

If you get a chance to visit I recommend it, I'd love to do the roof at night

The Cells

And Below

Moving up

Someone left the lights on which unnerved me a bit

Secret bathroom

One of the main court rooms

and the other

And onto the roof

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[skeleton key]

Really nice post there Paul.

pics are bangging :cool2:

 

[Canonguy]

nice report

 

[Flava]

Nice one mate looking good

 

[Ninja Kitten]

cracking report...good splore this one..especially the entry in

 

[Perjury Saint]

Very nicely done Mr Powers!! Loved it here...

 

[silverainbow]

Very nice Paul, like this a lot thank you for sharing, I especially like the cell block

:beer:

 

[Shush]

Ha Ninja, that was a funny entry!

Cracking pics Paul, did you get in the clock tower I blummin missed it!

thanks for showing us

 

[Wevsky]

Nice one paul very good shots indeed

 

[Paulpowers]

Cheers everyone

Ha Ninja, that was a funny entry!Cracking pics Paul, did you get in the clock tower I blummin missed it!

thanks for showing us

Yeah but the stairs are very dodgy, on the way back down I crapped myself when my foot went through one of them