The Devonshire Quarter is an area in the centre of
Sheffield
Sheffield is a city in South Yorkshire, England, situated south of Leeds and east of Manchester. The city is the administrative centre of the City of Sheffield. It is historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire and some of its so ...
,
England
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. Its heart is the Division Street and Devonshire Street shopping areas, known for their small
independent shops and variety of pubs and bars. The district also has ''The Forum''
shopping centre
A shopping center in American English, shopping centre in English in the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth English (see American and British English spelling differences#-re, -er, spelling differences), shopping complex, shopping arcade, ...
and
Devonshire Green, one of the largest open areas in central Sheffield.
To the west, the quarter is bounded by Sheffield's
inner ring road and includes a small
social housing
Public housing, also known as social housing, refers to Subsidized housing, subsidized or affordable housing provided in buildings that are usually owned and managed by local government, central government, nonprofit organizations or a ...
estate.
Glossop Road and West Street are to the north,
Carver Street to the east, and Moore Street and
Charter Row to the south-east.
Future
The Quarter is designed to create an urban village of city living and retail, with the
New Retail Quarter
Heart of the City II is a mixed-use development under construction in Sheffield city centre, England between the Devonshire Quarter and The Moor Quarter, The Moor Gateway. The project was previously given the marketing name Sevenstone, prior to ...
based mostly within the Devonshire Quarter.
Significant historic buildings
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Taylor's Eye Witness Works
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Beehive Works
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Wharncliffe Fireclay Works
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Taylor’s Ceylon Works
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Aberdeen Works,
Trafalgar Works, Select and
Kangaroo Works
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Springfield Board School
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Carver Street Methodist Chapel
#Facade of
Mount Zion Chapel
#Original developments on Division Street, Canning and Gell Street
#Former
Glossop Road Baths
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Former Fire Station
#Workshops at No 23, Carver Street
#National School at No 35, Carver Street
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St Matthew's Church
Character areas
#West Street
#Wilkinson Street and Gell Street
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Devonshire Green
#Holly Street/Westfield Terrace/Trafalgar Street
#Milton Street
References
External links
360 degree view of Devonshire Green (QuickTime format)
Sheffield City Centre (quarters)
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