Clifford House Historic Park & Garden
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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 house originally named 'Whirlow' was built in 1894 for Denys Hague, a colliery owner. Whilst the extensive parkland which formed the setting for the house has been much reduced by development, the garden immediately surrounding the house retains its essential character as a garden in the Edwardian style with many original features remaining.
The house was designed by J D Mitchell Withens Jnr, at a time when Whirlow was attracting wealthy people from the industrial side of the city to build imposing properties in a cleaner
environment where they could display their wealth by creating large gardens. It was bought in 1915 by Charles Clifford, whose name was given to the house by the next owners, the United Steel Company Ltd in 1942.
The entrance from Ecclesall Road South retains its stone gate piers and the stone boundary wall remains along the frontage. Originally there were separate drives to the main house entrance and the service area, separated by planting but this has been simplified to form a circular route round an island bed. The house is screened from the road by a belt of mature tree and shrub planting. To the east of the house are two areas probably used for growing fruit and vegetables. To the south west of the house is a formal garden of grass terraces and slopes with two central flights of steps, and a retaining wall similar to a ha-ha. Beyond is an area of parkland, now much reduced, with two carefully
placed clumps of trees to frame the view towards Ecclesall Woods.
Sheffield Directorate of Planning and Economic Development, 1997, Sheffield's Historic Parks and Gardens (Unpublished document).
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Date Listed
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Last Updated
07 Sep 2022
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