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Turnstile – Botanical Road Entrance to the Gardens Located at the Northwest corner of the Gardens, this wrought iron caged turnstile is Grade II listed. Prior to the Town Trust taking over in 1898, the Gardens had been totally enclosed by a high stone wall. When Clarkehouse Road was widened in about 1900, the wall was demolished and in return for the extra strip of land, the City Council provided attractive new railings. The turnstile was installed after a petition was presented to the Town Trust Committee on 12 May 1902 from fifty-one residents in the neighbourhood. Note: The Clarkehouse Road railings were dismantled during World War II, although an appeal saved those in Thompson Road. The present railings were re-installed by the original suppliers, using the Thompson Road ones as a pattern, in 1984. |
Click here for Photographs showing the restoration of the Turnstile. |
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Sheffield Town Trust |
Sheffield City Council |
University of Sheffield Friends of the Botanical Gardens | Sheffield Botanical Gardens Trust |
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