Whirlow Cottage/Grange, Ecclesall Road

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Plan of freehold property at Whirlow the property of Henry Waterfall, Esquire. 1840. Architect: William Flockton.

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Ground and Chamber Plan. 

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Roof and Basement. 

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Side Elevations. 

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Coach House, Stables and Piggery - Plan and Section. 

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The Architects plans appear to show it was Henry Waterfall who built Whirlow Cottage at Ecclesall. The 1849 Directory shows also residing at Whirlow Grange, J.G. (John Gray) Waterfall. The brothers, John born 1802 and Henry 1804 shared the business premises at No.1 Fargate (1862 Directory, Henry at 3 Fargate), John a confectioner and Henry a solicitor. 

 

The Waterfall Brothers, Totley History Group. 

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1873, Whirlow Cottage renamed  Whirlow Grange, Ecclesall Road and in 1898 a ballroom added. 

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Whirlow Grange, Drawing Room. s05983

Dinning Room. s05986

Bedroom.s05984

Study. s05985

Picture Gallery. s05987

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Grounds of Whirlow Grange. s09714

Driveway and Grounds. s09713

 

In 1953 became it became the Sheffield Diocesan Conference Centre later trading as Whirlow Grange Limited hosting conferences, weddings and courses.

1985

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On this photograph now advertised as Whirlow Grange, Conference House of the Diocese of Sheffield. 

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Sheffield and Rotherham Constabulary: Students attending the Training Course for Policewomen held at Whirlow Grange. April 1968. 

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20 of the 25 women in the Sheffield Diocese due to be ordained as priests at Whirlow Grange Conference Centre. 

10th February 1994. 

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Demolished 2018. and rebuilt as a block of 9 Flats. 

 

A lost View - Whirlow Grange. 

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Whirlow Grange, A History of the Sheffield Diocesan Conference Centre. by Maurice Snowdon, warden 1981-1986.