Parkhead Hall Historic Park & Garden
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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 grounds of Parkhead Hall were not on such an extensive scale as the neighbouring properties of Clifford House and Whirlow Court and they were reduced in the 1970s when part of the frontage to Little Common Lane was sold for house building. But their essential character remains, with perimeter planting of evergreens and deciduous trees around an irregularly shaped lawn with specimen trees, including cedar.
The stone boundary wall to Ecclesall Road remains, with stone gate piers at the entrance. A short drive leads to the stable yard at the rear of the house and round to the main entrance on the east side of the house. This section has been resurfaced with modern paving and a new flight of sandstone steps with balustrade leads down to a lower level.
The terrace on the south side of the house remains, with planting and a gravel path; a shallow flight of stone steps leads down to the lawn. From the drive a wide, overgrown trackway edged with gritstone boulders leads down towards the eastern boundary.
Sheffield Directorate of Planning and Economic Development, 1997, Sheffield's Historic Parks and Gardens, 'Parkhead Hall' (Unpublished document).
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Date Listed
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Last Updated
07 Sep 2022
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