Queen's Ground PH
Location/Address
401 Langsett Road, Hillsborough, S6 2LJ
Type
Description
This three-storey stone building opened, as a pub, in 1833. The inner lobby created by a full height glazed screen has a distinctive terrazzo floor with the wording Queen’s Ground Hotel. The name originated from the cricket and athletics ground that was situated at the back of the pub. The name changed from Queen’s Ground Hotel to Queen's Ground in the 1960s.
A 1913 plan shows the original layout of the Tap Room on the left, Smoke Room on the rear left, and the Billiard Room front right, with a bar counter in a lobby forward of the front door. The taproom was separated from the servery by a glazed screen, which formed the bar back. Nowadays, the door on the left of the lobby leads into what is a mainly open-plan interior, which dates from major changes in 1973 (Jenkinson Palmer and Associates, Rotherham, for S.H.Ward & Co. Ltd.) when the present bar counter was added to replace the original bar counter and its rear screen; also removed was the wall to the right of the lobby. To the left of the entrance, the original tap room has the interwar wording 'Smoke Room' with a S.H.Ward's sheaf symbol above on the exterior bay window and highly detailed decorated coving, which could date from c.1870.
The rear left former smoke room has fielded panelling to picture-frame height with bell pushes around the room. However, it may only date from 1973 when an extra doorway on the left was cut into the wall between the front left and rear room. The panelling covers up a rear window and an original fireplace situated at the front of this area.
On the front right is the original billiard room (with interwar wording 'Billiard Room' on the front bay windows, with S.H.Ward's sheaf symbol above). There is a fine fireplace of interwar design with copper interior fittings/hood.
The rear right room was originally living quarters until the extensive 1973 refit and is the new billiard room. The back wall originally had a window - a flat roof extension was added and panelling replaced the window.
A 1939 plan shows no change to the three existing rooms - Smoke Room (rear left), Tap Room (front left) and Billiard Room (front right); a bottle store in the kitchen (rear right) is changed into a Larder with a new window to Hatton Road, and wooden sheds in the yard are converted into a Wash House and WC (Fenton and Robinson, Chartered Architects, Sheffield).
1973 brought many changes: the bar is moved to its current location and the existing Kitchen becomes a new Billiard Room; the existing Billiard Room becomes part of the Lounge, which now extends across the full width of the building. In addition, inside toilets are built, as an extension, at the rear left of the building. A Club Room continues to exist at the front right of the building. Another feature of note is the semi-circular 'Ward's Fine Malt Ales Wines and Spirits' leaded window high up above the left-hand side of the servery. Although it does fit perfectly, implying it was always there, it has moved from its original position on a glazed screen (that formed the bar back?). 1986 brought a catering kitchen, as an extension at the rear right of the pub (Worksop Home Planners).
Notes, used with permission; Pickersgill,D.(Ed.) (2021) Sheffield's Real Heritage Pubs (4th edition). Sheffield and District CAMRA/CAMRA National Pub Heritage group. Sheffield
Reference: Sheffield Archives: MC/DC/158
Statement of Significance
Asset type
BuildingAge
Early/mid 19th CenturyRarity
Becoming increasingly rare.Architectural and Artistic Interest
Three storey pub building that partly retains its 19th century layout.Historic Interest
Examples of S.H.Ward's windows. Wards closed in the later 20th century and such remnants are becoming rare.Images and Documents
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Date Listed
18 Sep 2023
Last Updated
12 Jun 2023
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