Sheffield Old Town Hall and Crown Court House

Sheffield Old Town Hall and Crown Court

Sheffield Old Town Hall and Court House opened in 1700 and was expanded many times until its closure in the 1990s. The building remains disused and listed as at-risk.

Visited June 2013 - May 2014  UK Sheffield, UK Derelict

History of Sheffield’s Old Town Hall and Crown Courts

Sheffield Old Town Hall was commissioned to replace Sheffield’s first town hall, which had opened in 1700 to a design by William Renny. The initial building, built in 1807–8, was a five-bay structure but was extended in 1833 and again in 1866. The most prominent feature was the new central clock tower over a new main entrance. 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 1896–97. 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.

Sheffield Old Town Hall and Crown Courts - Main court room
Sheffield Old Town Hall and Crown Courts – Main court room
Sheffield Old Town Hall and Crown Courts - Court from top
Sheffield Old Town Hall and Crown Courts – Court from top
 
Sheffield Old Town Hall and Crown Courts - Angled view
Sheffield Old Town Hall and Crown Courts – Angled view
Sheffield Old Town Hall and Crown Courts - Main court room corner view
Sheffield Old Town Hall and Crown Courts – Main court room corner view
Sheffield Old Town Hall and Crown Courts - Main court room viewed from the back
Sheffield Old Town Hall and Crown Courts – Main court room viewed from the back
Sheffield Old Town Hall and Crown Courts - Smaller court room
Sheffield Old Town Hall and Crown Courts – Smaller court room
 
Sheffield Old Town Hall and Crown Courts - Small court from side
Sheffield Old Town Hall and Crown Courts – Small court from side
Sheffield Old Town Hall and Crown Courts - Small room
Sheffield Old Town Hall and Crown Courts – Small room
Sheffield Old Town Hall and Crown Courts - Staircase
Sheffield Old Town Hall and Crown Courts – Staircase
 
Sheffield Old Town Hall and Crown Courts - Skylights
Sheffield Old Town Hall and Crown Courts – Skylights
Sheffield Old Town Hall and Crown Courts - Corridor
Sheffield Old Town Hall and Crown Courts – Corridor
Sheffield Old Town Hall and Crown Courts - Decaying cells below the court house
Sheffield Old Town Hall and Crown Courts – Decaying cells below the court house
Sheffield Old Town Hall and Crown Courts - Looking into one of the cells
Sheffield Old Town Hall and Crown Courts – Looking into one of the cells
Sheffield Old Town Hall and Crown Courts - Inside a cell
Sheffield Old Town Hall and Crown Courts – Inside a cell
Sheffield Old Town Hall and Crown Courts - Two cells
Sheffield Old Town Hall and Crown Courts – Two cells
 
Sheffield Old Town Hall and Crown Courts - Looking!
Sheffield Old Town Hall and Crown Courts – Looking!
Sheffield Old Town Hall and Crown Courts - Cell corridor
Sheffield Old Town Hall and Crown Courts – Cell corridor
Sheffield Old Town Hall and Crown Courts - Selfie in the prison cell area
Sheffield Old Town Hall and Crown Courts – Selfie in the prison cell area
Sheffield Old Town Hall and Crown Courts - Steps and doors
Sheffield Old Town Hall and Crown Courts – Steps and doors
 
Sheffield Old Town Hall and Crown Courts - Steps and columns
Sheffield Old Town Hall and Crown Courts – Steps and columns
Sheffield Old Town Hall and Crown Courts - Old columns and steps in a decaying room
Sheffield Old Town Hall and Crown Courts – Old columns and steps in a decaying room
Sheffield Old Town Hall and Crown Courts - Clock tower workings
Sheffield Old Town Hall and Crown Courts – Clock tower workings
 
Sheffield Old Town Hall and Crown Courts - Clock tower external
Sheffield Old Town Hall and Crown Courts – Clock tower external
Sheffield Old Town Hall and Crown Courts - An elegant decaying staircase
Sheffield Old Town Hall and Crown Courts – An elegant decaying staircase
Sheffield Old Town Hall and Crown Courts - Staircase detail
Sheffield Old Town Hall and Crown Courts – Staircase detail
 
Sheffield Old Town Hall and Crown Courts - Decaying staircase
Sheffield Old Town Hall and Crown Courts – Decaying staircase
Further Reading
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