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14th Jan 2024  13:16  by TrigPlants

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30th Jul 2023  14:00  by AutomatedAnimal

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Spotted on our wonder around.

©AutomatedAnimal

15th Apr 2023  15:47  by Earby Rambler

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Visited whilst on day out with Painterman61, CBM easily found.

Spire
CBM
Police Box

15th Apr 2023  15:47  by painterman61

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Impressive town hall more a tower than a spire found the bm near the the old police box. Great city centre visited the nearby Cathedral as well.

Tower ©painterman61
Spire ©painterman61
Benchmark ©painterman61
Cathedral ©painterman61

13th Apr 2022  14:31  by mralrule

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Got whilst bagging BM

1st Oct 2021  12:58  by COVID Trig Point Challenge

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21st Sep 2021  15:20  by Foxy

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If I had £1 for every time I've passed or been inside this fine building...

Sheffield Town Hall ©Foxy
Police box outside the town hall.©Foxy
CBM can be found at the top of the stairs to the left of the police box.©Foxy
CBM at the top of the stairs. ©Foxy
CBM©Foxy

23rd Aug 2021  14:09  by Malcolmm

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Nice busy town centre with a small fair

17th Jul 2021  13:14  by Trigbagger

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11th Sep 2020  14:26  by boblynoriho

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Sheffield Town Hall ©boblynoriho

11th Oct 2019  13:06  by asbown

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11th Oct 2019  13:06  by The reluctant trigger

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5th Aug 2019  11:01  by Cootking

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Spotted on my walk through Sheffield for hotines and other trigs.

21st Nov 2018  13:00  by Thomas David Whitaker

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Came to Sheffield centre on a tram to see the Winter Gardens and Ruskin/steel collections and had a quick spot of the Town Hall. Final leg of 4 day Tour de Yorkshire. Sunday -west (Halifax), Mon-east (Spurn Point), Tue-north (York) and today- south (Sheffield). On reflection there was nowt as good as round Malham or Clapham.

14th Nov 2018  13:46  by amblerbob

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Whilst visiting Sheffield

Town Hall Spire Impressive building
Town Hall Spire Getting ready for Christmas

27th Dec 2017  13:25  by eon

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(409) After a quick bite to eat, it was then time to head into town. An imposing building, and an ornate tower. As has been stated in previous logs, it served as one of the locations for the BBC programme Threads. REVISIT: 7.3.20 Stopping over in Sheffield to catch Elvis Costello in concert. Short walk from the venue to the Town Hall, so bagged the CBM - NE angle E angle clock tower.

Town Hall Spire ©eon
CBM. ©eon

17th Sep 2017  14:59  by fitzydan

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In Sheffield to take the daughter to the auditions at City Hall and passed here on the way so no better time to bag the trig than now...

The Trigpoint

12th Sep 2016  18:16  by Dumfriesmike

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5th Sep 2016  10:14  by Bourne

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19th Jul 2016  13:20  by Father Ted

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A fine building indeed. Walked past it on a sweltering graduation day in Sheffield.

Sheffield Town Hall

11th Feb 2015  10:44  by pkbathrooms

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lovely building. amazed that there are not more trig points within Sheffield. Sheffield Town Hall is a building in the City of Sheffield, England. The building is used by Sheffield City Council, and also contains a publicly displayed collection of silverware. The current building, Sheffield's fourth town hall, is located on Pinstone Street. It was designed by the London-based architect E. W. Mountford and constructed over a seven-year period from 1890 to 1897, opening on 21 May 1897. An extension designed by F. E. P. Edwards was completed in 1923. The design of the exterior echoed to a certain extent the architecture of the adjacent St. Paul's Church of 1720 (now demolished). During construction, the building was criticised for its expensive embellishments. The exterior is built of Stoke stone from the Stoke Hall Quarry in Grindleford, Derbyshire and is decorated with carvings by F. W. Pomeroy. The friezes depict the industries of Sheffield, and the 64 metre high clock-tower is surmounted by a statue of Vulcan. Bells were never installed in the clock-tower, but in 2002 an electronic bell sound system was added to provide hourly strikes and Westminster-style quarter chimes. The building was opened by Queen Victoria, using a remote control lock from her carriage. The turning of the key in the lock triggered a light in the building which was the signal for three concealed men to open the gates.The entry contains displays relating to HMS Sheffield and leads to the Main Entrance Hall with a grand marble staircase. This also has an Electrolier an electric chandelier, part of the original lighting of the building. The walls include friezes including a depiction of the slaying of the Dragon of Wharncliffe. On the first landing is a statue of the first Lord Mayor Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk. The first floor has a gallery running its length which can be divided into four sections by means of powered oak panels descending from the ceiling. The south room is the Lord Mayor's Parlour which is kept permanently divided.On the same floor is the oak-panelled Council Room and its antechamber, which has above its door the advice "Be Ye wise as serpents and harmless as doves". There are photographs of former mayors in the antechamber and some paintings in the parlour.Sheffield's first town hall was referred to in a 1637 survey of the area. It is thought to have been at 10 Pinfold Street. From 1700–1808 there was a small brick-built community hall in the corner of the Churchyard. It was owned by the Town Trustees, as was its replacement, now Sheffield Old Town Hall. In 1886 the council cleared a number of premises in the Pinstone Street area to make way for the current Town Hall, and the old building was converted for use as a court, with further additions by Flockton, Gibbs & Flockton in 1896–7.A new extension to the Town Hall was planned in the late 1930s and necessitated the demolition of the adjacent St Paul's Church in 1938. The extension plans were subsequently put on hold due to the Second World War, and the site was made into a public garden instead. The garden was called St Paul's Garden but was more popularly known as the Peace Gardens, which became the official name in 1985. One feature of the Peace Gardens was a standard ruler, 100 feet (30 m) long, built of metal and running along what was St Paul's Parade. It was accurately horizontal and varied in height above the pavement from a few inches to about four feet. It was possible for a small child to run along the ruler, as it was about a foot wide. It was presented to the City by the Lord Mayor in 1910, partly as a Standard of Length, and partly for its public education value. The ruler showed pre-metric measurements such as chains, links and rods. By the 1990s, the gardens had gained a bad reputation as a haven for drunkards. In 1998 the gardens were renovated as the first stage of the Sheffield Council's Heart of the City project. The plans faced substantial local opposition as the Peace Gardens were a popular and well-loved feature of the city centre at the time. The new layout with its emphasis on water-features was initially criticised for its lack of garden, but has since become a popular venue for families during the summer; its walk-in fountain is especially popular with children. In 1977, a new council building in a modern style was added to the east of the Peace Gardens, and was connected to the old Town Hall by way of a glazed flyover. The building was immediately unpopular and was nicknamed The Egg-Box after its appearance. The new building, complete with roof-garden, cost in the region of £9 million and was built with a life-span of about 500 years following concerns about the tenacity of the concrete structures built in the previous decade. It was demolished in 2002 after just 25 years to make way for the Sheffield Winter Gardens, St Paul's Hotel and an office block, and replaced with a new office block called Howden House to the south of the site on Charles Street. The extension is the setting for much of the 1984 BBC drama documentary Threads. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheffield_Town_Hall

18th May 2014  15:30  by CJO

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One way system a nightmare even on a Sunday. Impressive building with a range of roof adornments. Spire tower undergoing works, with scaffolding.

Town Hall Spire

24th Apr 2014  12:41  by tigger4242

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Very nice building.

©tigger4242

14th Dec 2013  07:30  by ted

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Ornate tower. A little too early for photos.

Sheffield Town Hall Spire

13th Nov 2013  05:49  by Triggers

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very imposing building

27th Oct 2013  12:27  by peregrinus

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More a tower than spire, topped with cupola topped with statue. There is a smaller church spire nearby.

Sheffield Town Hall in the rain
Top of tower/spire showing cupola and statue