Channing Hall - Sheffield, UK - Victorian Style Architecture on Waymarking.com

"Channing Hall, located in Surrey Street, is named after the 19th Century American Unitarian Minister Dr William Ellery Channing. The hall was designed by Flockton and Gibbs, and the interior is in the Italianate style. The hall was built in 1881 for ‘religious, educational and social purposes.’ It provides a wonderful setting for classical concerts." link

The hall itself is on the upper floor of the building, whilst the ground floor has a number of retail outlets.

It is a Historic England Grade II Listed Building.
Unitarian church hall, with shops below. Late C19, with C20 alterations. Ashlar. Roof not visible. Italianate style. Plinth, first floor cornice, prominent dentilled eaves cornice, open balustrade. 2 storeys; 5 bays articulated by Ionic pilasters on each floor. 3 moulded round-arched recesses with 2-light round-headed traceried windows with shafts and metal glazing bars and transoms. On either side, a square recess with a single square headed window and above it, a round window with festoons. Ground floor has round-arched arcade with recessed central main entrance with panelled double door and fanlight. On either side, 4 recessed shopfronts with large single pane shop windows and glazed doors, 3 of them with their original fanlights missing. INTERIOR is reputed to contain circular stair decorated with glazed bricks, and hall with open timber roof." link

Public/Private: Public Tours Available?: No Year Built: 1881 Web Address: Not listed

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