Green Lane Works entrance gate
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Green Lane Works entrance gate by Neil Theasby as part of the Geograph project.
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Green Lane Works entrance gate
Image: © Neil Theasby Taken: 14 Jan 2019
The original Green Lane Works were established in 1795 by the firm of Hoole and Company who were manufacturers of ornamental stove grates and fenders. The firm flourished and their products won a first Council medal at The Great Exhibition of 1851 and a Medaille d'honneur at the Exposition Universelle of 1855. This success brought considerable prestige to the firm and its proprietor at the time Henry E. Hoole. In 1859 Hoole was elected Lord Mayor of Sheffield and to celebrate this he had major alterations carried out to the works. The entrance gate to the works is particularly ornate and has been designated as a Grade II* listed building. Nikolaus Pevsner called the gate “the most spectacular survival of factory architecture in the city”.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.389395
Longitude
-1.475052