SteveHB Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 Weston Park Observatory, removed during World War II https://www.picturesheffield.com/s11042 https://www.picturesheffield.com/y01774 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponytail Posted August 22, 2023 Author Share Posted August 22, 2023 18 minutes ago, SteveHB said: Weston Park Observatory, removed during World War II https://www.picturesheffield.com/s11042 https://www.picturesheffield.com/y01774 Link to Weston Park Observatory: https://www.sheffieldhistory.co.uk/forums/topic/6711-weston-park-observatory/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponytail Posted February 22 Author Share Posted February 22 On 21/08/2023 at 18:34, Ponytail said: Fountain, Weston Park. s04156 s10944 January 1905 s10945 https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;s05852&pos=35&action=zoom&id=9266 Plan & Design for Fountain, Weston Park by Architect, Edward Gibbs, Alliance Chambers, Sheffield. Ground Plan 11th December 1874. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc02045&pos=18&action=zoom&id=74960 Various Designs for the Fountain. Stone Fountain with 1 Basin. 4th December 1874. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc02041&pos=14&action=zoom&id=74956 https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc02044&pos=17&action=zoom&id=74959 Fountain with 4 Basins, 1874 https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc02043&pos=16&action=zoom&id=74958 Final Design December 1874. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc02042&pos=15&action=zoom&id=74957 Detail of Final Design 26th January 1875. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc02040&pos=13&action=zoom&id=74955 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponytail Posted February 22 Author Share Posted February 22 Plan of Proposed Glass House showing brickwork by Architect: Edward Gibbs, Alliance Chambers, Sheffield. 13th November 1875 https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc02035&pos=8&action=zoom&id=74950 Plan of Proposed Glass Houses, Weston Park by Architect, Messenger and Company, patentees, Midland Horticultural Works, Loughboroough, Leicestershire. 1874. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc02036&pos=9&action=zoom&id=74951 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponytail Posted February 22 Author Share Posted February 22 Weston Park 1874 by Joseph Metson. Signed by Robert Marnock. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;y10502&pos=3&action=zoom&id=68119 Weston Park 1880 https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;y10503&pos=4&action=zoom&id=68152 Weston Park: Proposed site of Mappin Art Gallery. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;y10504&pos=5&action=zoom&id=68153 The Mappin Art Gallery opened in 1886. Designs for Lodge, Weston Park by Architect, Edward Gibbs, Alliance Chambers, Sheffield. 1874. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc02033&pos=6&action=zoom&id=74948 https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc02034&pos=7&action=zoom&id=74949 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponytail Posted February 22 Author Share Posted February 22 Design for Entrance Gates, Weston Park by Architect: Edward Gibbs, Alliance Chambers, Sheffield. 1874. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc02037&pos=10&action=zoom&id=74952 27th February 1875. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc02038&pos=11&action=zoom&id=74953 26th January 1875. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc02039&pos=12&action=zoom&id=74954 Godfrey Sykes' Gates, Western Bank, Weston Park. 1884.s07956 It appears that there were two Godfrey Sykes' Gates. One was situated on Western Bank and the other on Winter Street. Architects; Gates- E. M. Gibbs Gate Piers- Godfrey Sykes. Taken from Sheffield Illustrated Vol 1 Page 56 Godfrey Sykes' Gates at entrance to Weston Park from Western Bank. Ebenezer Elliott Statue in background. s07964 Godfrey Sykes' Gates, Winter Street, Weston Park. s07963 Entrance to Weston Park showing the Godfrey Sykes' Gates and Park Keepers Lodge, Winter Street. y01354 Detail of Godfrey Sykes' gate posts, entrance to Weston Park, Winter Street. May 1953. y01772 Entrance to Weston Park, Western Bank after the Godfrey Sykes gates had been stolen. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;u11881&pos=7&action=zoom&id=102467 The gates were stolen in September 1994 and found in 2011, after which they were re-erected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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