Banner Cross Hall, Ecclesall Road South

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Banner Cross Hall, Ecclesall Road South. y07235    Photograph 1900

Built for the late Lieutenant-General William Murray by the distinguished architect Sir Jeffry Wyatville (1766-1840) who regarded it as one of his best works. It stands on the site of an ancient mansion, which, from the reign of Elizabeth I was the seat of a branch of the Bright family and descended to their heiress, Mary Dalton, the wife of Lord John Murray a General in the Army and MP for Perthshire who planted most of the woods which surround it, and made many other improvements. From him it passed to his son-in-law, General William Murray, whose sister and heiress Mrs. Bagshaw, was the grandmother of its owner in 1900, Mr. Greaves-Bagshawe.

Image from 'Sheffield at the Opening of the 20th Century: Contemporary Biographies', S. O. Addy, 1900 (Local Studies 920.04274 SQ)

 

The name Banner Cross is derived from an ancient cross which stood near the house.s04151

Base of the Banner Cross Stone, (at the time of this photograph) on the terrace of Banner Cross Hall having been removed from Banner Cross Hall Gardens. 

 

Plan of Lands of Lord John Murray in the township of Ecclesall Bierlow. Reduced and copied from W. Fairbank's original maps thereof in 1781; by Wm. Fairbank.

It is understood that this copy was made in 1781, since all these farms were surveyed in 1757, but not, apparently, later. The appearance of the plan bears this out.

Upper Whiteley Wood, Nether Whiteley Wood, Banner Cross Hall, Bents Green, Dobbing Hill, Holt House, Miln House, Carter Knowle, Little Sheffield Moor, Sharron [Sharrow?] Moor, Clarke House. 

Includes field and tenants names.

https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc03882&pos=30&action=zoom&id=37573

 

Ecclesall Inclosure (enclosure), Surveyor: William Fairbank. Copy drawn by J R Wigfull, 1918. Includes Sharrow Head Toll Bar also shows Banner Cross. Original at Sheffield Local Studies Library: S 10 L.

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1884.s05418

Taken from 'Sheffield Illustrated', Vol. 1. (for notes, see page 4, Vol 1) 

 

In 1932 it's fate lay in the balance until Charles Boot of Henry Boot & Sons (later Henry Boot Ltd) bought it and used it as their Headquarters. 

https://sheffielder.net/2020/02/05/banner-cross-hall/

 

December 1966. t05163

 

Grade II Listed 28th June 1973. 

https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/photos/item/IOE01/15120/27

 

8th August 1987. s36259

Grounds of Banner Cross Hall, Ecclesall Road South, Ecclesall. 9th August 1987.s32128

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 Showing the back of the building viewed from the Grounds. 8th August 1987.s36261

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March 2000.v04802v04803

 

Henry Boot: Banner Cross Hall up for sale as Sheffield's biggest building firm moves out. Sheffield’s biggest building firm is relocating from a listed 202-year-old ‘castle’ into the city centre. The Star 16th March 2023. 

https://www.thestar.co.uk/business/henry-boot-banner-cross-hall-up-for-sale-as-sheffields-biggest-building-firm-moves-out-4066685

 

Henry Boot sells the Grade II Listed Banner Cross Hall in its 10 acre site. August 2023.

https://www.placeyorkshire.co.uk/henry-boot-sells-banner-cross-hall/

 

https://www.costar.com/article/720801777/henry-boot-sells-sheffield-headquarters-of-93-years