Sheffield Town Hall is a building in the city of Sheffield in the north of England. The building is used by the council, and also contains a publicly displayed collection of silverware. Sheffield Town Hall and the Peace Gardens Photo of Sheffield, the original image was taken on 27th July 2002 by User:ChrisCroome, this image is © Chris Croome 2002 and it has been made available under the GNU Free Documentation License. ... Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough in the north of England. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion... General Name, Symbol, Number silver, Ag, 47 Chemical series Transition metals Group, Period, Block 11, 5, d Density, Hardness 10490 kg/m3, 2. ...

The current building on Pinstone Street was opened on 21 May 1897 and was extended in 1923. It was designed by the London-based architect E. W. Mountford, and echoed to a certain extent the architecture of the adjacent St. Paul's Church of 1720. May 21 is the 141st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (142nd in leap years). ... 1897 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1923 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Greater London and the Regions of England. ... Architect at his drawing board, 1893 An architect is a person licensed in the art of planning, designing and overseeing the construction of buildings, or more generally, the designer of a scheme or plan. ... Events January 6 - The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings February 11 - Sweden and Prussia sign the (2nd Treaty of Stockholm) declaring peace. ...

The exterior is built of "Stoke" stone from the Stoke Hall Quarry in Grindleford, Derbyshire and is decorated with carvings by F. W. Pomeroy. The friezes depict the industries of Sheffield, while the 64 metre high clock-tower is surmounted by a statue of Vulcan. During construction, the building was criticised for its expensive embellishments. Grindleford is a small town in the county of Derbyshire, United Kingdom. ... Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England, which boasts some of Englands most attractive hill and mountain scenery. ... Frieze of the Tower of the Winds. ... The metre (American spelling: meter), symbol: m, is the basic unit of distance (or of length, in the parlance of the physical sciences) in the International System of Units. ... Vulcan, in Roman mythology, is the son of Jupiter and Juno, and husband of Maia and Venus. ...

The building was opened by Queen Victoria, using a remote control lock from her carriage. The turning of the key in the lock triggered a light in the building which was the signal for three concealed men to open the gates. Victoria of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... A remote control is a device used for the remote operation of a machine. ...

Previous Buildings

Sheffield's first town hall was referred to in a 1637 survey of the area. It is thought to have been at 10 Pinfold Street. Events February 3 - Tulipmania collapses in Netherlands by government order February 15 - Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor December 17 - Shimabara Rebellion erupts in Japan Pierre de Fermat makes a marginal claim to have proof of what would become known as Fermats last theorem. ...

From 1700-1708 there was a small brick-built community hall in the corner of the Churchyard. It was owned by the Town Trustees, as was its replacement, built in 1808 on the corner of Waingate and Castle Street. This building was designed by Charles Watson, and was extended twice (1833 and 1867). Events January 1 - Russia accepts Julian calendar. ... Events March 23 - James Francis Edward Stuart lands at the Firth of Forth September 28 - Peter the Great defeats the Swedes at the Battle of Lesnaya Kandahar conquered by Mir Wais In Masuria one third of the population die during the plague J.S. Bach appointed as chamber musician and... 1808 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Charles Chuck Watson ( 1899 - January 1, 2005) was the founder of The Natural Gas Clearinghouse. ... 1833 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1867 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

The first Town Council was elected in 1843 and took over the lease of the Town Trustees' hall in 1866. The following year, the building was extensively renovated, with a clock tower being added. 1843 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1866 is a common year starting on Monday. ...

In 1886 the council cleared a number of premises in the Pinstone Street area to make way for the current Town Hall. 1886 is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) Events January 18 _ Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. ...

Sheffield Peace Gardens

A new extension to the Town Hall was planned in the late 1930s and necessitated the demolition of the adjacent St Paul's Church in 1938. The extension plans were subsequently put on hold due to the Second World War, and the site was made into a public garden instead. The garden was called St Paul's Garden but was more popularly known as the Peace Gardens. Events and trends Technology Jet engine invented First atom was split with a particle accelerator Golden Age of radio begins in U.S. Science Nuclear fission discovered by Otto Hahn, Lise Meitner and Fritz Strassmann Pluto, the ninth planet from the Sun, is discovered by Clyde Tombaugh British biologist Arthur... 1938 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...

One feature of the Peace Gardens was a standard ruler, 100 feet long, built of metal and running along what was St Paul's Parade. It was accurately horizontal and varied in height above the pavement from a few inches to about four feet. It was possible for a small child to run along the ruler, as it was about a foot wide. It was presented to the City by the Lord Mayor in 1910, partly as a Standard of Length, and partly for its public education value. The ruler showed pre-metric measurements such as chains, links and poles. 1910 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... As a unit of measurement within the Imperial system, the chain is defined as 22 yards, 66 feet, or 4 rods. ...

By the 1990s, the gardens had got a bad reputation as a haven for drunkards. In 1998 the gardens were renovated as the first stage of the Sheffield Council's Heart of the City project. The plans faced substantial local opposition as the Peace Gardens were a popular and well-loved feature of the city centre at the time. Events and trends Technology Explosive growth of the Internet; decrease in the cost of computers and other technology Reduction in size and cost of mobile phones leads to a massive surge in their popularity Year 2000 problem (commonly known as Y2K) Microsoft Windows operating system becomes virtually ubiquitous on IBM... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...

The new layout with its emphasis on water-features was initially criticised for its lack of garden, but has since become a popular venue for families during the summer; its walk-in fountain is especially popular with children.

The New Town Hall Extension

In 1977, a new council building in a modern style was added to the east of the Peace Gardens, and was connected to the old Town Hall by way of a glazed flyover. The building was immediately unpopular and was nicknamed the Egg-Box after its appearance. For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ...

The new building, complete with roof-garden, cost in the region of £9 million and was built with a life-span of about 500 years following concerns about the tenacity of the concrete structures built in the previous decade.

It was demolished in 2002 to make way for the Sheffield Winter Gardens. 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Officially opened by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on 22 May 2003, Sheffields Winter Garden [1] is one of the largest temperate glasshouses to be built in the UK during the last hundred years. ...