Page Hall (now Abbey Grange Nursing Home), Sheffield

Page Hall was built in 1773 for Thomas Broadbent a banker and industrialist (Sheffield City Council, 1997 [Firth Park entry]. The building originally stood in large grounds which extended to the north (now Firth Park) and was accessed by a sinuous driveway affording view of the park from Barnsley Road. The building was bought by Mark Firth in 1840 and the listed building citation mentions alterations and enlargement in the 'mid nineteenth century'. The grounds are not shown as emparked on the 1851 OS and it is likely that the property was generally improved and landscaped by Firth. By 1905 the immediate surroundings of the Hall are under development and it appears the building has already been changed to institutional use being depicted as a 'Teachers Orphanage'. By 1925 the building has been encircled by bylaw terraced housing and the listing records further enlargements and alterations around 1988. The building is now known as 'Abbey Grange Nursing Home'. No legibility of earlier landscape.

Present Character: 
Residential: Elite Residence 1773-2003
Confidence: 
Certain
Historic Legibility: 
Invisible
Previous Character 1: 
Enclosed Land: Piecemeal Enclosure 0-1772
Within Zone: 
Grid Iron Terraced Housing