Weston Park, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England

The following is from the English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest.

A municipal park, including the buildings of the Weston Park Museum and Mappin Art Gallery, modified by Robert Marnock from a mid-19th-century garden, and opened to the public in 1875.

LOCATION, AREA, BOUNDARIES, LANDFORM, SETTING

Weston Park lies on the west side of the city of Sheffield, 1.2 kilometres from the Town Hall. The site covers about 5 hectares and is defined on three sides by public roads: Mushroom Lane to the west, Winter Street to the north, and Western Bank to the south. To the east lie buildings belonging to the University of Sheffield, founded in 1905.

REFERENCES Used by English Heritage

City of Sheffield Weston Park Centenary Ceremony Programme (1975)

Graham Hague, Manuscript notes on the history of the Weston Park, (copy held by Sheffield City Council)

J Sewell, A strategy for the heritage parks and green spaces of Sheffield, (Report to Sheffield City Council 1996), pp 23-7

A brochure in support of the Weston Project, (Sheffield City Council internal report 1997)

Maps

OS 25" to 1 mile: 1st edition published around 1850; 2nd edition published 1890
 

Description written: January 2000; updated October 2004

Edited: April 2000