Queen’s Tower
Queen's Tower is a house in Sheffield, lying on Park Grange Road in the Norfolk Park area of the city. It was designed by Woodhead & Hurst for Samuel Roberts, a local cutler, as a tribute to Mary, Queen of Scots, and completed in 1839.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Building
- Description: historic house in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Queen’s Tower, Sheffield” and “Queens Tower”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bramall Lane and Norfolk Heritage Park.
Bramall Lane
Stadium
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Bramall Lane is a football stadium in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, which is the home of Sheffield United. The stadium was originally a cricket ground, built on a road named after the Bramall family of file and graver manufacturers. Bramall Lane is situated 3,100 feet west of Queen’s Tower.
Norfolk Heritage Park
Park
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Norfolk Heritage Park is a 28-hectare public park in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England surrounded by the Norfolk Park residential suburb. Located to the south of Sheffield City Centre, the estate has grown up on part of the former deer park associated with Sheffield Manor. Norfolk Heritage Park is situated 1,200 feet east of Queen’s Tower.
Crucible Theatre
Theater building
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Crucible Theatre, or simply The Crucible, is a theatre in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, which opened in 1971. Its name refers to crucible steel, which was developed in Sheffield in 1740 and drove the industrialisation of the city. Crucible Theatre is situated 1 mile northwest of Queen’s Tower.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cultural Industries Quarter and Heeley.
Cultural Industries Quarter
Quarter
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The Cultural Industries Quarter is a district in the city centre of Sheffield, England, and one of the eleven Quarters designated in the 1994 City Centre Strategy.
Heeley
Suburb
Heeley was a cluster of small villages which now form a suburb in the south of the city of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The village has existed at least since 1343, its name deriving from Heah Leah, High Lea then Hely, meaning a high, woodland clearing.
Sheaf Valley Quarter
Quarter
Sheaf Valley Quarter is an area in the centre of Sheffield, England. It is one of Sheffield's 11 designated City Centre Quarters, situated around the rail station and River Sheaf.
Queen’s Tower
- Category: historic house
- Location: Sheffield, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.36836° or 53° 22′ 6″ northLongitude
-1.45714° or 1° 27′ 26″ westOpen location code
9C5W9G9V+84OpenStreetMap ID
way 94989112OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q7270128
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