Mount Pleasant, Sheffield
Mount Pleasant is an 18th-century mansion situated on Sharrow Lane in the
History
Mount Pleasant was built by Francis Hurt Sitwell. The
Mount Pleasant was requisitioned for use by the Government during
Architecture
Mount Pleasant is brick built with stone dressings and a hipped slate roof. It has three stories with a full-height canted bay window on the south side. Most of the windows are of the sash design. The most decorative side of the house is the shorter east elevation which has its middle three bays brought forward and given a pediment. There is a palladian window on the first floor set in an arch with a balustrade below. The ornamental doorway has Corinthian columns and a pediment. The former stables and coach house are of similar build to the main house being constructed of red brick with stone dressings incorporating sash windows.[9]
References
- ^ Sheffield Council website. Archived 2010-07-24 at the Wayback Machine Lists all listed buildings in Sheffield.
- ISBN 0-300-10585-1, Page 224, Gives this quote and details of architecture.
- ^ www.sitwell.co.uk. Archived 17 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine Gives details of Sitwell family.
- ^ www.rotherhamweb.co.uk. Gives details of John Platt.
- ^ www.rotherhamweb.co.uk. Gives list of Master Cutlers.
- ^ "A History Of Middlewood Psychiatric Hospital", F.T. Thorpe, No ISBN, Page 6, Gives details of building as an asylum.
- ISBN 0-9519148-3-9, Page 46, Gives history of Mount Pleasant.
- ISBN 0-906787-04-1, Pages 173 & 174, Gives history of Mount Pleasant.
- ^ Historic England. "Mount Pleasant (1270937)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 October 2010. Gives details of architecture.