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The building was designed in 1920 by E. Vincent Harris but construction was delayed for 8 years because of the economic climate in the early 1920s. [2] Eventually construction began with the laying of the foundation stone on 27 June 1929 and, after the works has been undertaken by the local contractor, George Longden & Son, the City Hall was officially opened on 22 September 1932. [2]
Over the years the building changed ownership many times, being used variously as a bingo hall and a rock concert venue. By the 1980s, the interior was in a state of disrepair. The theatre was bought by two Sheffield businessmen in 1985, with financial support from Sheffield City Council, and it was reclassified to Grade II* listed status. [2]
The square is home to the largest concentration of theatres in the UK outside London and has thus become known as Sheffield's ‘Theatre Land’. The Square lies at the heart of the city centre, only metres away from the town hall, major attractions such as the Winter Gardens and is only 5 minutes away from Sheffield railway station.
Sheffield City Centre (referred to locally as simply Town) is a district of the City of Sheffield and is covered partly by the City ward of the City of Sheffield.It includes the area that is within a radius of roughly 0.75 miles (1.2 km) of Sheffield Cathedral and is encircled by the Inner Ring Road, a circular route started in the late 1960s and completed in 2007.
Sheffield Theatres exterior showing the Crucible and Lyceum. Sheffield Theatres is a theatre complex in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England.It comprises four theatres: the Crucible, the Lyceum, the Tanya Moiseiwitsch Playhouse, [1] and (as of January 2025) the Montgomery Theatre. [2]
The club building includes a smoking room (a large common room which looks over Carlton Gardens), the cocktail bar and adjacent Bramall room (which gives access to Carlton Gardens), the Outer Morning Room (a large drawing room overlooking Pall Mall, and connecting to an Inner Morning Room), and the dining room (known as the Coffee Room).
Pall Mall, London, a street in the City of Westminster, London; Pall Mall, a long-running farm near Tywyn, Gwynedd, Wales, named after the London street; Pall Mall, Tennessee, a small unincorporated community in Fentress County, Tennessee; Pall Mall (Bendigo), urban downtown area of Bendigo, Australia
The city has several museums, including Weston Park Museum (formerly the Sheffield City Museum), the Kelham Island Museum, the Sheffield Fire and Police Museum, the National Videogame Museum, Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet and Shepherd Wheel. The city also has a number of other attractions such as the Sheffield Winter Gardens and the Peace Gardens.