SHEFFIELD HERITAGE OPEN DAYS 8th – 11th SEPTEMBER 2016 Welcome to Heritage Open Days Sept 8–11 2016

Every September volunteers take part in Heritage Open Days (HODs).

All across events are organised to celebrate history, architecture and culture; to provide an opportunity to see hidden places, hear intriguing stories, savour new experiences, all FREE to explore.

In Sheffield our volunteers are hosting 85 events. They will share their pride and knowledge with you. We thank them all. Make sure you join them, discover something new, and share their pride in this city. Welcome to Sheffield Heritage Open Days Sept 08-11 2016.

Every September volunteers take part in Heritage Open Days (HODs). Sheffield Civic Trust (SCT)All across is proudEngland toevents be theare organisedlocal Co-ordinator to celebrate history, of this architecture important and annualculture; to event which this year will beprovide launched an opportunity by the Lordto see Mayor,hidden places Councillor, hear intriguing Denise stories, Fox. savour We newalso want to register our enormousexperiences, thanks to all the FREE Sheffield to explore. Town Trust, whose financial support has allowed us to produce a much Inlarger Sheffield quantity our volunteers of booklets are hosting this 85 year. events. They will share their pride and knowledge with you. We thank them all. Make sure you join them, discover something new, and share their pride in this city. Sheffield Civic Trust (SCT) is proud to be the local Co-ordinator of this important annual N.B. CHECKevent which EVERY this year will be launched VENUE by the Lord Mayor, ONLINE Councillor Denise Fox. at: We also want to register our enormous thanks to the Sheffield Town Trust, whose financial support https://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/visiting/has allowed us to produce a much larger quantity of booklets this year. advanced-searchNB. CHECK ALL VENUE DETAILS ONLINE When you decide to visit a venue, you MUST check the full details online because: for much fuller details, to keep this more booklet short, information it contains brief details about only. A booking,detailed description access, of venue, access, age restrictions, refreshments etc appears on national website. refreshments etc, Detailsand may any alter recent at any time upalterations to the start of HODs. to dates & times.  all entries are subject to alteration, and may be altered after this goes to print. Plan your visits::https://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/visiting/advanced- searchSheffield https://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/visiting/advanced-archSheffield (Information also at http://sheffieldcivictrust.org.uk/hod/ or Sheffield Civic Trust is a membershiphttp://www.welcometosheffield.co.uk/visit charity which )champions all good design and aims to stimulate public debate about the quality of design of buildings and public spaces in this City. Sheffield Civic Trust is a charity championing all good design which aims to stimulate public debate about the quality of www.sheffieldcivictrust.org.ukdesign of buildings and public spaces in this City. http://sheffieldcivictrust.org.uk/ ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ @SheffCivicTrustTwitter: @sheffield_hods @SheffCivicTrust @VisitSheffield @sheffield_hods @VisitSheffield https://www.facebook.com/sheffieldheritageopendays/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/sheffieldheritageopendays/

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SPECIAL BELLRINGING EVENT Thursday September 8th Sheffield Town Bells, Millennium Gallery, S1 2PP 16.15-16.45pm St James Church, Norton, S8 8GZ 18.00-19.00pm St John’s Church, , S10 3GX 18.00-19.00pm St Marie’s , S1 2PA 18.00-19.00pm Listen to the experts!! Opening Day Celebration

‘HODS Bellringing Challenge 2016 to ring our bells and open our belltowers’. Sheffield and South Belltowers will be opening and you can watch, and learn, meet the ringers and try your hand at bellringing throughout Sheffield Heritage Open Days. Look for the bellringing symbol.

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Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet: Waterwheel All Saints Church, Aston, Open Day Restoration Talk S26 2EE S7 2QW Enjoy stunning views of three counties from top of Fascinating talk about restored waterwheels. tower and display of church vestments and silver. Enjoy a view of the Tilt Shop and Grinding Hull. Cream teas. Unsuitable for children under 12. Sat 1430-1630 Talks Thurs 1100 & 1400 Booking not required (but max 6 per tour) Booking required Events & Marketing 0114 2010610 BBC Radio Sheffield [email protected] www.simt.co.uk/abbeydale- S1 4RS industrial-hamlet Meet newsroom staff and tour studios - behind the scenes at Radio Sheffield. Not suitable for under- 12s S7 1FS Tours Sat & Sun 1000, 1200, 1400, 1600 Picture house opened in 1920: Tour by Mike Booking required (max 20 per tour) Higginbottom explaining both history and revival Bruce 0114 273 1177 project. Activities for children. [email protected] Unsuitable for under-3s Tours Sat 1100,1300,1500 Booking not required (max 25 per tour) S8 0EL www.abbeydalepicturehouse.com Abbey dedicated to Thomas a Becket, seat of worship from 1170 to present. Stunning parkland. Aizlewood’s Mill Tour, Nursery St Soak up history in tranquil chapel, box pews, S3 8GG remains of monastic cloisters. Visit amazing converted Victorian flour mill Fri 1100-1600, Sat 1100-1600, Sun 1300-1600 now used for start-up companies. See early Booking not required ‘paternoster’ lift (scary) and original features of mill. http://www.beauchiefabbey.org.uk/ Not suitable for under-16s. Tours Fri 1000-1500 Fri 1000-1500 (hourly) Booking required (max 6 per tour) Catherine Beatty 0114 282 3123 reception@ aizlewoodsmill.com www.aizlewoodsmill.com/

3 Bishops’ House The Cutlers’ Hall, Sheffield S8 9JE S1 1HG Outstanding timber-framed building, dating from Tour the imposing rooms of this Grade 2* listed 15C. Fascinating home of scythemaking family, the building and admire pictures, and display of Blythes. View decorations preserved from Sheffield Sheffield cutlery and outstanding hallmarked silver Castle. Join tour to learn about this gem of building. Sat 1000-1600 Not suitable for under-5s Booking not required Sat & Sun 1000-1600 www.cutlers-.org.uk/ Booking not required (max 16 per tour) www.bishopshouse.org.uk The Diamond. The S3 7RD Collegiate Campus, Hallam University, Tour new Sheffield University Engineering ‘smart’ ‘Walking History’ building with aluminium diamond shaped facade. S10 2BP Tours of building and labs will include Aerospace Learn about 200 year history of this historic site Simulation, Robotics & Virtual Reality. Unsuitable and many changing uses, from boys’ school, under-14s through wartime hospital, to present day Fri 1000-1600 Tours Thurs 1000, 1100, 1300, 1400 Check website for tour details Booking required (max 15 per tour) Booking required (max 12 per tour) Helen Shepherd 0114 225 3873 Jeanette Peat 0114 222 1030 https://blogs.shu.ac.uk/futurespaces/events/a- [email protected] http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/ walking-history-of-collegiate-campus/ whatson/heritageopenday

Crookes: ‘Bustle Walk’ Drainspotting tour, : Guide to S10 Sheffield pavement features Three ladies wearing bustles lead walk round S6 3TD historic , followed by chance to examine Look down! Walk from Walkley Library to Broomhill dresses and learn about Sheffield’s role in this looking at Sheffield’s historic and unique pavement fashion phenomenon. Not suitable for under-4s features with Calvin Payne. Conclude with Q&A at Tours Sun 1300 & 1530 local cafe. Booking not required (but max 20 per tour) Tours Thurs-Sun 1300-1430 www.crookesforum.org Booking not required (but max 25 per tour)

Cupola Contemporary Art Gallery The Electric Works S6 1TD S1 2BJ 25th Anniversary of the Gallery. Enjoy tour of Opened 2009: cutting-edge modern office building, the building and outside, and hear talk about its stunning decor, home to Sheffield creatives - evolution. Activities on hand for young visitors. animators, games developers - enjoy thrills of Cake! indoor helter-skelter! (ht. min. 1.1metres) Fri, Sat 1400-1500 Sun 1100-1500 Booking not required (but max 6 per tour) Sun: Tours half-hourly from 1100-1430 http://www.cupolagallery.com/ Booking not required electric-works.net/ Curzon Cinema, Sheffield S1 2PF Freeman College, Ruskin Mill Trust Explore impressive Grade 2 listed Georgian S1 2NG building, learn its history, visit the old bank vaults Visit college for students with complex learning below, and hear about modern film projection needs housed in 19C Sterling Works, using facilities as well heritage workshops. Admissions Presentation Tours Thurs-Sun 0900, 0930, 1000 & 1030 1130am. Expert-led tour of resources in adjoining Booking required (max 10 per tour) Butcher Works Grace Clarke Sat 1100-1600 Tours Sat 1100, 1230 & 1400 [email protected] Booking not required (but 20 max per tour) www.curzon.com http://www.academyofmakers.co.uk/ www.rmt.org

4 Reading Room Horn Handle Works - ‘Past, Present & S35 8QU Future - From Horn Handle Works to Charming restored former Schoolroom, built 1789. Regather Works’ Exhibition by local History Group ‘Notable people of S11 8BU Grenoside and District’ and books on local history. Arrive early to explore Grade 2 listed works - in 7.30, Thurs. Talk ‘Grenoside Steel - A Village particular loaned items from famous Hawley Industry’ Helen Jackson. Collection. From 19.30pm live music curated by Thurs 1000-1600 & 1900-2130, Fri 1300-1600, Folk Forest with stunning moving image backdrop. Sat 1000-1600,Sun 1000-1600 Not suitable for children under 14 Booking not required Sat 1800-late http://www.grenosidereadingroom.co.uk/ Booking recommended (max 75 people) https://regather.yapsody.com/event/index/46248/ Gripple Ltd: Tour of the Old West Gun past-present-future works S4 7UQ : ‘Behind the Scenes Tour of award-winning Works. Talk on links at Hawley Tool Collection’ between old Sheffield manufacturing and changes S3 8RY seen to current times Tour accesses main area - opportunity to handle Fri 1500 mystery objects! Also practical session on Booking required (max 20) conservation techniques. Also demonstration of Gordon Macrae [email protected] Sheffield saws, not suitable for under-12s Tours Sun 1100-1255 & 1330-1500 The Herdings’ Cruck Barn: Reach Booking required (max 18 per tour) Community and Heritage Centre Judith Smith or Volunteer Curator S14 1TD 0114 2010770 [email protected] Originally an old farmhouse, 2nd oldest building hawleytoolcollection.com in City, built on Saxon foundations. View original cruck frame and stone fireplace. Display of old Knowle Top Chapel, maps and other historic information S6 6BJ Sat 1100-1600 Share in celebration of this chapel and its place Booking not required in the Stannington community. See its history www.reachsouthsheffield.org.uk exhibition, family history research, activities of local groups, & handbell ringing. Hill Top Chapel, , Open Day Fri 1330-1800, Sat 1000-16.30, Sun 1100-1630 S9 2AD Booking not required 17C Gothic Chapel, built 1629, resting place of Benjamin Huntsman & casualties of English Civil Hall: ‘Ruskin, Whit Sings & the War. 400 year-old Sherwood Forest beams and Park’ stained glass. Plans of preservation project on S8 9FL hand Tours of 18C Hall, once home to Ruskin Museum, Sun 1000-2000 and Walled garden. Meet local craftspeople and Booking not required hear exciting plans for restoration and community sheffieldpres.org.uk/about-us/hill-top-chapel use Sun 1200-1600 Tours Sun 1230,1330,1530 Holy Trinity (New Testament Church of (hall); Sun 1400 & 1500 (garden) God) Booking required ON DAY (max 30 per tour) S3 8GT www.facebook.com/meersbrookhall/; Built by River Don, using gritstone this www.ruskininsheffield.com/2016- plain early-English church consecrated 1848 for events/4591460330 the dense population of . Flower festival & Gospel music Fri 1000-1500 Booking not required

Remember when planning your day, please check online for details. See page 2 of this booklet.

5 Montgomery Theatre: ‘My Montgomery’ Old Wadsley Village: A Wander round S1 2LG S6 4BL Tours and interactive workshops to find out about Meet Rural Lane Carpark. Enjoy leisurely morning history of theatre building and life of James walk (3 hours) around old buildings in former Montgomery, journalist & poet. Share your village of Wadsley, now suburb of this City. memories, see our archives. Not suitable under-4s. Sat 1000-1300 Note access issues. Booking not required Sat 1000-1500 Booking not required (max 10 per tour) Oriel House (Broomhill Library), & the themontgomery.org.uk/ ‘Percy Cane’ Garden S10 5BR National Emergency Services Museum: Former home of industrialist Arthur S Lee. Roam 9/11 ‘Never Forget Exhibition’ the house which houses the library, explore the S3 8PT garden, laid out by Percy Cane, consider and Memorable exhibition about chilling events of discuss the plans for future community use of 9/11 (September 11th 2001). Stories from serving both. officers and lasting effects on Emergency Services Thurs 1100-1300, Fri 1100-1500, Sat 1100-1500 worldwide Thurs & Sat - Talks & Tours - full details online Thurs-Sun 1000-1600 Booking not required (max 10 per tour) Booking not required http://www.emergencymuseum.org.uk/ Portland Works S2 4SJ Nether Edge Local History Group Walk Since 2013 run by community group, workshops S7 1PE used by craftspeople & artists. Still has working Fascinating walk around historic buildings in forge and many metalworkers. Now hosts bike Nether Edge including the Grammar School, the maker, craft gin distiller, and others. Learn latest Workhouse and Meadowbank Avenue. developments Thurs 1030-1330 Sat 1000-1400 Booking not required Booking not required http://www.netheredge.org.uk/ portlandworks.co.uk/events/

Norfolk Heritage Trail Guided Walk River Don: Blue Loop Heritage/Wildlife S2 1UH Walk Starts Manor Lodge, walk guided by expert David S3 8S Templeman, ending at Cathedral. Mostly downhill, A River Don walk. Learn about architecture, taking in Cholera Memorial, site changing character of waterway and enjoy the and much more. Not suitable for under-16s wildlife of the area Sat 1030-1330 Sat 1200-1600 Sat (Talk & Tour)1200 & (Talk & Booking required (max 20 on this tour) Tour)1430 David Templeman 01246 415497 Booking not required (max 12 per tour)

North Chapel, Cemetery: S1 Artspace at Park Hill: Brutalist Sheffield ‘A Zeppelin Over Sheffield’ S2 5QX S3 9DN Brutalist-themed tours of iconic Park Hill with NT Exhibition, including 11 foot Zeppelin model, and city tour of some Modernist gems. Will coincide accounts of first responders & videos of history of with final weekend of ‘Brutalist Playground’, WW1. Sunday- guided walk to visit graves of those climbable installation by Assemble & Simon Terrill killed by Zeppelin in September 1916 Sat 1300-1400 & 1600-1700; Sun 1400-1530 Thurs, Fri, Sat : 1100-1500 Booking required (max 15 per tour) Sun 1300 (guided walk) Holly Grange Booking not required (max 50 per tour) [email protected] http://www.s1artspace.org http://www.friendsofburngreavecemetery.btck. booking via Eventbrite co.uk/

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6 Sheffield and District African Caribbean Sheffield FridayNightRide: ‘Zeppelin over Community Association (SADACCA) Sheffield’ S3 8JB S1 2BP Grade 2 listed building in the Wicker, built 1852, Remembering WW1, 25th September 1916. formerly the HQ of Samuel Osborn Steelworks, Cycle route of 36 bombs which fell when Zeppelin renovated over past 30 years by Afro-Caribbean raid on Sheffield. Learn more about those tragic community as Community centre. Experience that events and 28 casualties. Under-16s must be culture and delicious food. accompanied by responsible adult. Fri 1100-1800 Fri 1830-2200 Booking not required Booking not required (max 50) but note safety rules www.sfnr.org.uk/ (CofE) ‘Treasures Revealed’ Sheffield General Cemetery S1 1HA S11 8NT See our robes, join treasure trail, dressing up, Beautiful surroundings, geology walk, naturecraft, brass rubbing, send WW1 postcard, follow stories and themed tours: WW1, those who served; of effect of Somme battle on Sheffield, visit Chapter Sheffield notables like Firth & Cole; Mayhem! lurid House and belltower, and try your hand at ringing! stories of passion and murder; renovated chapel. Sat 1100-1600 Sun 1200-1600 Booking ON DAY only: Booking not required Belltower (max 8) Chapter House (max 30). 2 http://gencem.org/ Talks. N.B. Full details online www.sheffieldcathedral.org.uk Open Day S2 1UJ Sheffield Central Library: Heritage Tour Family open day at historic Tudor building where S1 1XZ Mary Queen of Scots held captive. Explore, tour View iconic Art Deco library and learn history. or follow app, meet costumed characters, enjoy Explore behind the scenes. Note restrictions due to lavender labyrinth, sandpit, dog show, lovely confined spaces. Not suitable for under-12s grounds. Fri 1400-1530, Sat 10.30-1200 Sun 1100-1600 Tours Sun 1130, 1300, 1430 Booking required (max 15 per tour) Booking not required (max 25 per tour) Reference and Information Library 0114 273 4712 sheffieldmanorlodge.org/ [email protected] http://www.sheffieldlibraries.eventbrite.co.uk/ Sheffield Museums: Millennium Gallery: Bellringing - ‘Women of Steel’ S1 2PP statue Q&A and Tours of building To mark the start of Heritage Open Days and the S1 2JA national bellringing event on Thursday September Programme of events: Thurs-Talk with ‘Star’s’ 8th, the Sheffield bells made at River Don Works Nancy Fielder & Sheffield’s Women of steel - will be rung reminiscing about wartime work and campaign for Thurs 1615-1645 statue. Saturday-tours of building. Organ recital Booking not required being planned http://www.museums-sheffield.org.uk/museums/ Thurs, Fri & Sat 0930-1730 full details online millennium-gallery/home M Smith www.sheffieldcityhall.co.uk Sheffield Museums: Weston Park: Sheffield Football Heritage Walking Tour ‘New Displays - Talks &Tours’. S1 1DA S10 2TP Walking tour to major locations relating to this city’s Two lunchtime Art talks by experts, and (Saturday) unique football heritage. Sheffield FC (oldest club), Gallery tours to see the new workshops Sheffield Rules (1858), first electric-lit night game, (not suitable for under-14s). Learn about exciting first inter-schools trophy and much more redevelopment and new displays. Sun 1400-1530 Thurs 1300-1345 (Talk), Fri 1300-1345 (Talk) Booking required (max 20 per tour) Sat 1100 & 1300 John Wilson [email protected] Booking required: max 60; Tours - min age 14yrs, max 15 0114 278 2647 www.museums-sheffield. org.uk/museums/weston-park/home

7 Sheffield Pub Heritage Walk Sheffield: ‘A Civilised Place’, Guided City S1 4BS Walk Tour interesting Sheffield pubs on foot. Guided S1 1HA by Dave Pickersgill, member Sheffield CAMRA, Civil Engineer leads City centre circular walk learn about the beers, the history, the architecture - to understand evolution of city, focussing on enjoyably. Not suitable for under-18s construction of bridges, building & transport Tours Fri 1400-1530, 1730-1900 system, materials,design, applying science, using Booking required (max 15 per tour) engineering principles www.sheffieldcamra.org.uk/ Sat 1100 Booking not required(max 30 per tour) Sheffield Royal Society for the Blind Open www.ice.org.uk Day S1 4DT Workshop Learn about history of the Society since founded S11 2YE 1860, the support given over the years to See restored waterwheel & machinery in action members, and what is available to members (some in this lovely setting next to River Porter. Learn centenarians) and carers today. about the hard life of the knifegrinders who made Sat 1000-1500 Tours Sat 1030, 1130, 1230, 1330, Sheffield famous worldwide 1430 Sat 1100-1500, Sun 1100-1500 Booking required (8 per tour) Booking not required 0114 272 2757 www.simt.co.uk/shepherd-wheel-workshop [email protected] www.srsb.org.uk St Andrew’s Psalter Lane Church: Our New Creation Window The Sheffield Tap S11 8YL S12BP Refurbishment of building housing partnership of Edwardian waiting/dining room faith groups features wonderful window by Rona lovingly restored bar. Viewing includes sight Moody. Come on short tour to enjoy its light and of onsite micro-brewery. ‘Heritage Open Days’- learn more about project & plans themed beers! Historic photos & info about Sat 1100-1600 restoration Booking not required Thurs 1100-2300, Fri 1000-000,Sat 1000-000,Sun www.standrewspsalterlane.org.uk/about-us 1100-2300 Booking not required St Catherine of Siena Church www.sheffieldtap.com S13 8NA Visit 20C Church by architect, Basil Spence (acclaimed designer & S1 2HH architect of St Paul’s Parson Cross,S5 9JH), Imposing Grade 1 listed building. Tour this large Ronald Pope’s Sculpture of Catherine at foot of Victorian building and see the Reception Suite and Cross on belltower the Council Chamber Thurs & Fri, 1000-1300 Sun 1000-1600 Booking not required Booking not required (max 20 per tour) www.achurchnearyou.com www.sheffield.gov.uk/out--about/tourist-information/ town-hall.html St Cuthbert’s Church, Fir Vale S5 6WL Admire the history of this Church and in particular the outstanding stained glass of AJ Davies, Arts and Crafts Movement Sat 1000-1400 Booking not required (max 10 per tour)

Remember when planning your day, please check online for details. See page 2 of this booklet.

8 St James’s Church Bellringers St Leonard’s Church, Dinnington: Charles S8 8GZ Kempe Windows Special Event (see page 3) Thurs 1800-1900 S25 2LX Challenge 500 Bellringing events: meet the Open Days focussing on 3 significant windows bellringers and try your hand at ringing by noted Victorian, Charles Kempe. Enjoy the Sat & Sun 1400-1500 building, the wonderful ‘Miners Memorial Screen’ Booking not required (max 10 per tour) and pore over old Church registers of Kempe era. Thurs & Fri 1000-1130, Sat 1000-1400, Sun St James’s Church Open Days 1200-1300 S8 8JQ Booking not required Lovely 15C church, minstrels gallery & bells,9- sided font, grave of Sir Francis Chantrey. Talk St Leonard’s Church, Wortley: (Sat), colourful life of Sheffield engineers with Challenge 500 Tower Open Day Aussie connections, Curr family S35 7DB Sat 1000-1200 & 1400-1700. also Sat 1500 (Talk), Open Day lovely church. Volunteers explain Sun 1400-1700 architecture, artifacts, & connections to Wharncliffe Booking not required family. Belltower, 8 bells, clock room open. Hear www.stjamesnorton.org ringing in belfry. Try your hand with expert tuition Sun 1100-1700 St John the Baptist Church, Booking not required Penistone www.wortleytower.org.uk S36 6AR www.wortleychurch.org.uk Grade 1 listed building, some parts more than 1000 yrs old. 500 yr-old belltower with 8 bells. Climb St Marie’s Cathedral, up to see the large clock and chime a bell at the Norfolk Row bellringing demonstration. Not suitable under-5s S1 2PA Tours Sun 1300,1400,1500 All welcome during Heritage Open Days. Enjoy Booking not required (max 10 per tour) the history, the tranquility, activities and trails for http://www.penistonecofe.co.uk/ children Thurs 0930-1130 & 1330-1700, Fri 0930-1130 St John’s Church, Ranmoor & 1500-1700,Sat 0930-1200 & 1300-1630, Sun S10 3GX 1330-1730 Captivating Victorian church, outstanding marble reredos, exceptional stone carving. Strong Bell-ringing at St Marie’s Cathedral musical tradition, separate belltower (open Thurs), S1 2PA imposing war memorial. Joining forces with Sheffield University Guild Thurs 1800-1930, Sat 0900-1200, Sun 1600-1800 of Change Ringers (SUGCR) for Thusday’s Booking not required bellringing event. No access to tower www.stjohnschurchranmoor.org.uk Thurs 1800-1900 stmariecathedral.org St John the Evangelist Church, Hoylandswaine Bell-ringing Demonstrations S36 7JQ S1 2PA Small tranquil Victorian, Grade 2 listed, church. Visit the actual bellchamber. Watch a Come and admire stained glass of Burne-Jones, demonstration by SUGCR of bellringing art. made by William Morris, and stunning wall painting Not suitable for under-8s by John Roddam Spencer Stanhope of Cawthorne. Sat 1100-1200 Tours Sat 1100, 1130 Not suitable children under-3. Booking required (max 10 per tour) Sun 1300-1600 http://stmariecathedral.org/events/heritage-open- www.hoylandswaine.co.uk days-bell-ringing-demonstrations/

Remember when planning your day, please check online for details. See page 2 of this booklet.

9 St Marie’s Cathedral Tour: Around the St Marys Walkley: ‘Celebrating World the role of the Church’ S1 2PA S6 3RX Join us on a tour to discover how we connect with Victorian Parish Church. Exhibition of history of people and art from many countries. Not suitable Church. Memorial boards & records of Walkley for under-8s fallen in two World Wars. Belltower open Sunday Sat 1000-1100 for ringing demonstrations. Booking required (max 20 per tour) Sat 1000-1300, Sun 1200-1500 http://stmariecathedral.org/events/heritage-open- Booking not required days-tour-around-the-world-from-st-maries- www.stmaryswalkley.org.uk cathedral/ St Paul’s Church, Wordsworth Avevue ‘The Stained-glass Windows’ S5 9JH S1 2PA Opened Jan 1959, Grade 2* listed, regarded as Talk and tour fabulous stained glass (some by one of Basil Spence’s finest small churches, east Pugin) with Deacon Bill Burleigh & west ends of Church built entirely of glass. Must Fri 1730-1830 see. Booking not required Fri 1000-1600 stmariecathedral.org/ Booking not required

St Marie’s Cathedral: Victorian Party The Story of Our Women of Steel, S1 2PA Sheffield City Hall Family fun party, music, games, costumes, cake, S1 2JA storytelling. All welcome Women of Steel Event. Talk & Q&A, hosted by Sat 1330-1630 editor of Star, Nancy Fielder, to celebrate unveiling Booking not booking required of statue remembering brave women, working in stmariecathedral.org/ steelworks in WW2. Women themselves describe their work & conditions, and also the campaign for St Mark’s Church, Broomhill statue. S10 2SE Thurs 1030-1130 Discover history of Church, rebuilt after bombing Booking not required in 1940. Explore architecture of and www.sheffieldcityhall.co.uk stunning John Piper window. “One of UK’s top 10 Best Modern Churches” I spy trail for children in Stammers window. S10 3BU Sat 1000-1500 Elegant Victorian villa built for Edward Vickers. Booking not required ‘Tapton Experience’ display & talk covers history of www.stmarkssheffield.co.uk/ site over 3 centuries, from Shore family (Florence Nightingale family) via Vickers to Wilsons Snuff. St Mary the Virgin, Handsworth Fri 1100-1500 S13 9BZ Booking not required (max 100) Flower festival on theme of Handsworth’s long www.taptonhall.com history: Spoken in Flowers. Impressive 12C Church repaired in Tudor times by the Earls of Shrewsbury Trinity Church (URC): ‘Brutally Honest’ Thurs 1600-2000, Fri 1000-1600, Sat 1200-1600, S11 8TG Sun 1000-1600 1970s Church, essay in Neo-Brutalism, come and www.stmaryshandsworth.org.uk/ explore the dignity of this space. Talk at 1430 by architect, Prof Peter Fawcett, not for children under St Mary’s Church, 10. S35 9XY Sat 1000-1700 & Talk at 1430 Marvel at Grade 1 listed church in perpendicular Booking not required style, dates from 1478. Belltower has 10 bells, 2 dating from 17C. Fascinating graveyard, resting place Nelson’s chaplain. Learn about bellringing. Fri 1000-1200, Sat 1000-1500, Sun (services) Booking not required www.stmarysecclesfield.com

10 Underbank Unitarian Chapel & : A Fatal Fascination Schoolroom S6 2BL S6 6AP Fascinating facts about 130 years of residents in Fine example 18C non-conformist chapel, a cemetery with one of most beautiful views and overlooking glorious Loxley Valley. Connections atmosphere in . Not suitable for with Coleridge. Historic photos of Chapel life. small children Display re ‘Underbankers’ who fought in WW1. Sat 1030-1200 Children’s activities. Booking not required Sun 1400-1600 friendsofwardsendcemetery.btck.co.uk Booking not required www.underbank-chapel.org.uk/ Wardsend Cemetery: ‘Meet the Residents’ S6 2BL Upper Chapel Sheffield Hear about scandal of 1862, Victorian melodramas, S1 2JD VC holder, death by explosive misadventure and Built 1700, impressive chapel, Henry Holliday see the graves of Burgon & Ball’s founders. stained glass. Music played on magnificent organ Not suitable for under-10s & grand piano. Also Channing Hall, ornate spiral Sun 1030-1200 staircase and stunning tiles. Children’s activities. Booking not required Fri & Sat 1100-1530 friendsofwardsendcemetery.btck.co.uk Booking not required www.upperchapel.org.uk Wentworth Pewter Factory Tour and Talk S9 5JF Upper Wincobank Chapel and Iron Age Brief talk on history and tour to see full process of Hillfort handcrafting tankards to trophies & baby gifts-- at S5 6BB heart of Sheffield’s skilled metal industry. Talk to Working Victorian non-denom chapel/school craftspeople at work. Not suitable for under-12s founded by 2 inspiring women, associated with Thurs 0930-1530, Fri 0930-1200 anti-slavery movement. Victorian gadget collection, Booking required (max 10 per tour) children’s activities. Guided walks thro’ ancient Richard Abdy 0114 2447693 woods to Iron Age Hillfort. [email protected] Sat 1000-1600 www.wentworth-pewter.com/ Walks 1100, 1300,1500 Booking not required (max 20 per tour) William Layne Reading Room, Aston www.wincobankhill.btck.co.uk S26 2AN Display of local history documents,maps & photos. Wales Parish Church Browse our local albums, chronicling history of S26 5LQ this community and lives of servicemen in 2 World 12C Norman Church, with 15C tower. Lovely roof Wars, and results of recent research of graves in bosses & wonderful stone carving. Enjoy weekend Aston churchyard Flower festival and display of Church history and Fri 1800-2000, Sat 1000-1600 silver. Booking not required Sat 1000-1600, Sun 1200-1600 www.astonhistorygroup.co.uk Booking not required Wortley Top Forge Walkley Cemetery Tours: ‘Signs and S35 7DN Sinners’ Britain’s last water-powered heavy iron forge used S6 5DU from 17C to 19C. Closed 1908. Now restored. 2 themed tours of Cemetery. 1400hrs : ‘Policemen See many historic machines running on and Perpetrators’- local characters - & 1600hrs compressed air. ‘Symbols, sentiment & stone’ deciphering Sat 1100-1600 gravestones + craft of the mason. Not suitable for Booking not required under-8s Sun 1400 & 1600 Booking not required (max 30 per tour) walkleycemetery.wordpress.com

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