Roscoe Bank, Stannington, Sheffield
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Roscoe Bank, Stannington, Sheffield
Image: © David Hallam-Jones Taken: 18 Feb 2018
The former Bell Hagg Inn, that closed in 2005, can be seen on the northern side of the A57 (the main Sheffield -Manchester Road), near Crosspool. It finally closed in 2005 and has now been converted into a seven-bedroom family home. It is believed that the original building was erected in 1832 as a five-storey house for a certain Dr Hodgeson who had built it as a folly to antagonise the Vicar of Stannington after the incumbent turned down the offer of a generous donation from him because Hodgeson had made much of his fortune from gambling. Before becoming a pub the building was used as a tea room by workers associated with a former quarry opposite it (that is now occupied by the Valleyside Garden Centre), and also by travellers between these two northern cities.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.391307
Longitude
-1.523898