Woodland View Historic Park & Garden

Location/Address

None recorded

Type

Park or garden

Coherent areas of land designed and/or managed for leisure purposes.

Description

This Historic Park and Garden was identified and considered Locally Listed under the Sheffield UDP and UDP Policy BE21, which can be seen here: https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2022-07/03-udp-built-environment.pdf . The supporting document, which contains the schedule of identified Historic Parks & Gardens, can be seen here: https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/sites/default/files/docs/planning-and-development/sheffield-plan/Historic%20Parks%20%26%20Gardens.pdf. As a result, the park and all its associated features has been included in the current Local Heritage List for South Yorkshire. The gardens focus on the monument to Alderman Thomas Wiley, Grade II Listed, built in 1853 in the Gothic Revival style and re-sited in 1879. The gardens in front of the almshouses slope down to a stone retaining wall on Abbeydale Road South, with four stone gate piers for pedestrian and vehicular accesses. The curving driveway forms two of three levels, the top one immediately in front of the houses containing some planting. A stepped path leads down from the chapel entrance to the lowest part of the drive. There are two fir trees on either side of the path on the middle level, and two massive yew trees at either end. There is mature shrub and tree planting on the northern and southern boundaries. The importance of the garden is as a setting for a group of Listed Buildings and a Listed Monument of local historical significance, and demonstrate the role of the public benefactor in the 19th century. Sheffield Directorate of Planning and Economic Development, 1997, Sheffield's Historic Parks and Gardens, 'Woodland View' (Unpublished document).

Map

Statement of Significance

None recorded

Images and Documents

Date Listed

n/a

Last Updated

07 Sep 2022

Find Out More

Find out more about this Asset in South Yorkshire Local Heritage List:
https://local-heritage-list.org.uk/south-yorkshire/asset/1178