John Eatons Almshouses 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.
<1> The almshouses were built in 1938, in memory of Mr. John Eaton, a member of the Town Council in 1873, and elected Lord Mayor in 1900. Found on 10 acres of land at Norton, there is a long frontage on Bunting Nook, and an entrance opposite Graves Park. The simple layout of almshouses, reading rooms, a warden's house and boardroom is arranged in a quadrangle around a central close, with largre expanses of grass, ornamental gardens and beds laid out near the front of each house. The buildings are of one storey.
Main features:
1. Two blocks of later houses, built in the same style, which completed the quadrangle.
2. Stone retaining walls defining a change of level around the north, east and west of the site.
3. Steps and a walled frontage on Bunting Nook.
4. Entrance gates with impressive piers.
5. Large expanse of grass in the central close.
6. Two broad paths bisecting this grass into 4 sections.
7. A roofed shelter, forming a focal point of these paths.
8. A perimeter path, with small gardens to each house frontage.
9. Island beds of planting.
10. Topiary at the entrance on Bunting Nook.
[Plan in backup file relates to numbered features]
The grounds and almshouses form part of Norton Conservation Area. In layout and character, the grounds are typical of the 1930s.
Sheffield Directorate of Planning and Economic Development, 1997, Sheffield's Historic Parks and Gardens, 'John Eaton's Almshouses' (Unpublished document). SSY144.
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Date Listed
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Last Updated
07 Sep 2022
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