A Nice House - And A Secret One.

[vox]

Working here at the moment.

It's a much bigger house than it at first appears, with wider stairs and landings than you would expect to find in this type of property.

Google Streetview

I like the tiled porch and the brickwork around it.

As you can see on the Streetview, the numbers seem to jump from 47 to 51, but down through the large gates there is this:-

- another of those hidden properties that can be found all around Victorian and Edwardian Sheffield.

[RichardB]

Samuel Heathcote & Son, Spring Knife Manufacturer, 47 Cowlishaw Road, in 1911.

[vox]

Heathcote, Samuel & Son (manufacturers of all kinds of spring knife cutlery)
Arundel Works Eyre Lane & Howard Lane, Sheffield
Whites 1905.

[vox]

Arundel Works, 97, Arundel St (whites 1837)

As opposed to Arundel Works Claywheels Lane do you think ?

[vox]

50's OS shows it as what is now the snooker club, accessed from Lescar Lane.

[vox]

Used to be a fair sized factory

Google Satellite

[vox]

Shown in 1905 - (the factory that is) but not covering the full site

[Edmund]

Was it built by local builder Frank Silcock (at 16 Penrhyn Road in 1905), in 1900? Silcock was still living at No 47 in March 1902 and was in financial difficulties (see London Gazette extract) - was the 1900 advert to sell the tools used to build it, then a first attempt to sell off the property? The solicitor for No 47 was Mr J.B Kesteven.

There was a further sale of builders tools from the address in January 1901, which were under deed of assignment re F.Silcock.

In August 1903 the house was occupied by Samuel Heathcote, who was one of 77 ratepayers in court for refusing to pay a portion of their poor rates (in his case 5s 6d) - they were "passive resisters" and were Nonconformists objecting to Balfour's Education Bill, which as they saw it, compelled them to pay for the teaching of a religion they disagreed with. Distress Warrants were issued for seizure of goods.