Hillsborough Barracks

[stevew]

Back in '64, I was accepted on a Building Construction Diploma course at Sheffield Poly but I was told to try and obtain some on-site experience before the course started. I joined Longdens and was sent as a labourer to the Barrack Parade ground where they were constructing an extension to the BRS Depot.

Some 12 years later, I joined Sheffield Insulations and found myself eventually with an office in the main Barrack block on Langsett Road overlooking the same parade ground I had worked on earlier. Somethings are just meant to be!It is a wonderfully well-constructed building and I know as I was involved with some of the internal alterations at that time.

[sheffandy]

The tower which is at the top of the car park adjacent to the car park entrance joins on to my favourite road name in Sheffield- Swamp Walk. It sounds more like a dance craze than an alley to me

 

I really like the big wall as seen from the McDonalds car park, particularly the visible (very tall) flight of stairs and door opening high up in the walls. The history of the building is so visible that it just makes you wonder what happened in that doorway.

 

The reuse of most of the buildings has at least meant that they are still in existence and maintained. If whatever bright spark hadn't thought to convert them then I have no doubt that they would have been demolished like so many other significant but unlisted buildings were in the post war era. The toll house wouldn't have that happen though, because I'm pretty sure that one is actually listed.

 

Hehe, I have always had a soft spot for this name as well. Once told my eldest the lane was named after a dance craze called the 'Swamp Walk'!

[carosio]

The toll house wouldn't have that happen though, because I'm pretty sure that one is actually listed.

 

My father made the comment "they cant touch that" back in the 60s/70s so it was probably listed before then.

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[Dannyno]

The corner towers are listed:

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/results?q=hillsborough%20barracks

 

As is most of the rest of the site, it seems.

 

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But I can't find a listing for the toll house.

[medusa]

The corner towers are listed:

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/results?q=hillsborough%20barracks

 

As is most of the rest of the site, it seems.

 

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But I can't find a listing for the toll house.

 

It doesn't surprise me that the site is listed, but I've been told by several people that the toll house is listed, which is why it's never been extended to make it more sensible as a modern dwelling, or demolished and rebuilt further back on the site so that the windows aren't splashed constantly with water every time it rains, so that one is a bit surprising.

[hauxwell]

I remember going into Morrisons a few years after it opened. During the summer it was very warm inside the shop. I remember asking why didn't they have air conditioning, and I was told they are not allowed to because it was a listed building, although I am not sure how this would effect the building. I was also told because of this it was difficult trying to keep the fruit and veg fresh. Since then they have made improvements with refrigeration.

It's a lovely building and you can look at old photos in Morrisons and get an idea what it was like.

[johngi]

My first job in January 1960 was at Wardco, who made surgical instruments and scissors, the factory was inside Barracks overlooking the parade ground.

John.