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CASTLEGATE GETS GREY TO GREEN TRANSFORMATION
The scheme links Castlegate to the under-visited ‘hidden jewel’ of Victoria Quays and has transformed the almost redundant former inner ring road from a barrier to a green corridor with sustainable drainage, floral meadows, segregated cycle lanes and public art.
Castlegate (the Street) has been closed to vehicles to create a large riverside terrace with potential to accommodate outdoor seating for existing and future cafes and bars including the former public toilet due to open as the Two Rivers Bar and the Tap and Barrel, now under new management by the Peddlers Market team. The street will also hold the newly established Sheffield Pollen Market, the first fresh flower market in Sheffield, which will take place every third Sunday of the month.
Fifty-seven new trees have been planted as part of the scheme, along with a multitude of low maintenance perennial meadow plants and bulbs which will provide a year long succession of colour and natural habitat for insects, birds and mammals.
The scheme includes four distinctive, specially designed ‘totems’ containing ‘bug hotels’ which provide places for bees and other insects to thrive, along with nature and heritage insights.
THE YORK STORY, CASTLEGATE, YORK
Grade I Listed
List Entry Number: 1259342
Details
YORK
SE6051NW CASTLEGATE 1112-1/28/146 (North East side) 14/06/54 The York Story (Formerly Listed as: CASTLEGATE The Heritage Centre)
GV I
Formerly known as: Church of St Mary CASTLEGATE. Parish church, now exhibition centre. C15, incorporating remnants of early C11 nave, north arcades of C12 and C14, and south arcade of early C13. Restoration of 1867-70 included new east window, re-roofing and renewal of east end parapet. Church redundant in 1958; converted to exhibition centre 1974-75. C19 restoration by William Butterfield. C20 conversion by George Pace and Ronald Sims.
MATERIALS: magnesian limestone incorporating re-used gritstone; roofs of slate and lead.
EXTERIOR: chancel and north and south chapels; 3-bay nave with low clerestory, and 4-bay north and south aisles; embraced west tower and spire. Clerestory obscured by parapet, embattled at east end and on south side, plain elsewhere. Church is supported on all sides by buttresses with offsets, most with gabled pinnacles and gargoyles. Chancel and chapels on single chamfered plinth, remainder of church and tower on double chamfered plinth. Windows generally have hoodmoulds on corbel or head stops. Renewed east window is pointed, of 3 stepped cinquefoiled lights beneath panel traceried head. East window of north chapel is pointed, of 3 cinquefoiled lights beneath two tiers of panel tracery with embattled transoms. Sill band below east window stepped down beneath north chapel window. South chapel is set back and has pointed east window of 3 lights, now altered to doorway. On north side, easternmost bay has inserted pointed arched doorway; towards west end is blocked C14 doorway with 2-centred moulded arch; both doors beneath square-headed windows. Windows generally are square-headed, of 2 or 3 trefoiled or cinquefoiled ogee-arched lights beneath embattled transoms and panel tracery. Towards the east end is reset square-headed C14 window of 4 trefoiled lights with cusped curvilinear tracery. Western window beneath tower is pointed, of 3 foiled ogee-arched lights beneath two tiers of panel tracery. Moulded string, stepped in places, runs beneath windows. C19 south door in pointed arch of two orders, the inner chamfered, the outer roll-moulded and springing from carved corbels; square-headed window above. To west of door, length of C13 masonry incorporating original lancet survives. Below, and to west of, chancel south window is blocked segment-arched doorway. Elsewhere windows correspond to those on north side. 3-stage tower has square ground stage, surmounted by embattled parapet and walkway; second and belfry stages are octagonal, with broaches at the base, from which tapering buttresses with gargoyles rise above plain parapet to crocketed pinnacles; recessed spire is octagonal. Pointed west window has 5 cinquefoiled lights beneath double tier of panel tracery with embattled transoms. On each side of window is a carved corbel beneath trefoiled ogee-arched canopy, rib-vaulted on the underside, and surmounted by a crocket. Above the window is a vaulted niche, with trefoiled arch and steep crocketed canopy, housing a defaced figure of the Virgin Mary seated behind a balustrade. At west end of north aisle is doorway in 4-centred moulded arch, to south of low window of 5 foiled lights, 3 round-headed, 2 lancets. Above is a pointed window of 3 trefoiled round-headed lights beneath panel traceried head broken by encircled quatrefoil. Windows to west end of south aisle and south face of tower are of the same type. Upper stages of tower have tall similar windows, partly louvred and banded with panel tracery at belfry level, to three cardinal faces: the fourth, to east, has intersecting tracery in the head. Tall spire is crowned by gilded weathercock.
INTERIOR: chancel. 3-bay north arcade, with eastern arch of 2 chamfered orders on half-octagonal responds with moulded capitals and chamfered bases: narrow centre arch, continuously moulded, beneath crocketed hoodmould on headstops: 4-centred western arch of 2 chamfered orders on chamfered responds, with square capitals, coved on lower side, and later, moulded capitals superimposed. 2-bay south arcade, with eastern arch of continuous rolled and filleted mouldings beneath crocketed ogee hood: wide, double chamfered western arch on half-octagonal responds with moulded capitals and bases. Double chamfered chancel arch, inner order only with moulded capitals, outer continuous, beneath coved hoodmould on headstops. Flanking walls retain masonry of original church. Nave north arcade of three double chamfered arches beneath continuous hoodmould on animal headstops. Eastern arches are tall and pointed on half-cylindrical respond with moulded base and scalloped capital, and cylindrical piers with square abaci, one with scalloped capital, one with incised waterleaf. Western arch dies into octagonal tower pier on chamfered base, broach-stopped on to square plinth. South arcade of three double chamfered arches, two pointed, one semicircular, beneath continuous hoodmould on headstops. Half cylindrical east respond with moulded base and half-octagonal capital. First pier is octagonal, on moulded base, with octagonal capital; second pier cylindrical with double roll-moulded base on square plinth, and nailhead capital. Tower pier to west corresponds to that opposite. South aisle arch narrow, pointed, double chamfered,on responds with simple moulded capitals. Clerestory on both sides has 1-light window towards east end, and another of 3 cinquefoiled lights over the second pier. Tower arches of 2 hollow-chamfered orders dying into piers, south arch narrower than north arch. Western responds are half-octagonal with chamfered bases, broach-stopped on to square plinths. To north of west window, pointed chamfered doorway to tower stair. At west end of north aisle, former chapel doorway has 2-centred arch in deep hollow-chamfered surround. In chancel south wall, C19 piscina and restored sedilia of 3 stalls beneath cinquefoiled ogee-arched heads. In north chapel (now in staff lavatory), piscina in 2-centred arch with defaced cusping: arched tomb recess with filleted roll moulding (in staff room). In south chapel, aumbry in rebated surround, and piscina in trefoiled ogee arch; on east wall, 2 half-octagonal brackets with carved angels, each bearing heraldic shield of arms of the Graa family. In north aisle, three arched tomb recesses and plain round-headed stoup without bowl. Blocked chamfered north doorway with segmental head. In south aisle, rebated aumbry and piscina in 2-centred, hollow-chamfered arch. Beside south door, hollow niche for stoup, without bowl, in arched opening. Roofs. Chancel: principal rafter trusses with moulded and embattled, cambered ties on corbelheads, with pierced spandrels and panel-traceried tympana. Chancel north chapel and nave: king post trusses with moulded and embattled, cambered tie beams on moulded corbels, with pierced spandrels and cusped braces. Mutilated stone, c1000, discovered during restoration of 1870 and now attached to east respond of north aisle arcade, records the dedication of the church "in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ and of St Mary and St Martin and of St Cuthbert and of all the saints".
MONUMENTS: south chapel - two wall tablets moved from North Chapel: Lewis West (d.1718) and wife Dorcas (d.1732); Richard Coulton (d.1713), Rector, and wife Elizabeth (d.1731). Also to Elizabeth Tweedy (d.1811), and husband John (d.1842). North aisle - tablet to William Mushet, MD, (d.1792), by Fisher of York; also to Rawlins Gould (d.1873). South aisle - William Mason (d.1708) and wife, Jane. (City of York: RCHME: The Central Area: HMSO: 1981-: 30-36).
Listing NGR: SE6043851626
historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1259342
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St Mary Castlegate, York.
York St Mary’s is a beautiful medieval church which opened as a contemporary art venue in 2004.
From 2013 – 2015, York St Mary’s opened for a longer season with even more exhibitions during the closure of York Art Gallery for a major re-development project.
The church itself could date back as far as 1020 and a dedication stone inside bears an inscription saying it was built by ‘Efrard & Grim & Aese’. The remains of the original Saxon church are limited to stonework in the body of the church close to the chancel.
The bulk of the building dates to the early 13th century, with 14th and 15th century modifications and alterations. Records of burials in the church suggest it was a fashionable church towards the end of the medieval period. It has the tallest steeple in York at 47 metres high.
York St Mary’s was deconsecrated in 1958 and between 1975 and 2001 was a heritage centre.
www.yorkstmarys.org.uk/about-us/history-of-york-st-marys/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Mary%27s_Church,_Castlegate,_York
HISTORY
Stoney Middleton, a village between Eyam and Calver in Derbyshire was built in the 10th century on a highway from Chesterfield to the north East recognised in the Domesday book (originally named Middletune), it was born out of a Roman settlement . The village became a hotspot for quarrying in later centuries along with other trades including besom, corn and shoe making and also became the home of women's institute chairman Judge Lord Denman who was famed for his work in abolition of slavery. A church had already existed for centuries, having built by the wife of Padley, a soldier in the Battle of Agincourt. This was replaced by a larger relatively modern one in 1759. The mid 18th-19th century also saw a primary school and an octagonal toll house added to Stoney's expanding features.
The village of Stoney Middleton has expanded over recent decades and has now a population of approximately 600. A pub, bakery and butcher's still occupy the village centre, along with a hairdressers while the former tollbooth is now a chippie - there had also been a wooden-built grocers store called Maid Marian's, although this has since closed. The also octagonal church built in 1759 is still open and now known as St Martins. A stream passing through the rear of the village centre is believed to be part of the original Roman baths - its original stonework can be best viewed if approached by the car park outside the church. Shopping facilites, as mentioned are somewhat meagre in Stoney although these can be found at Calver, half a mile south - possibly the only place to have two Spar stores straight opposite each other. As with a lot of villages, Stoney Middleton also sees an annual July well dressing. One of the wells can be seen on the left of the main road, approaching from Calver
CASTLEGATE GETS GREY TO GREEN TRANSFORMATION
The scheme links Castlegate to the under-visited ‘hidden jewel’ of Victoria Quays and has transformed the almost redundant former inner ring road from a barrier to a green corridor with sustainable drainage, floral meadows, segregated cycle lanes and public art.
Castlegate (the Street) has been closed to vehicles to create a large riverside terrace with potential to accommodate outdoor seating for existing and future cafes and bars including the former public toilet due to open as the Two Rivers Bar and the Tap and Barrel, now under new management by the Peddlers Market team. The street will also hold the newly established Sheffield Pollen Market, the first fresh flower market in Sheffield, which will take place every third Sunday of the month.
Fifty-seven new trees have been planted as part of the scheme, along with a multitude of low maintenance perennial meadow plants and bulbs which will provide a year long succession of colour and natural habitat for insects, birds and mammals.
The scheme includes four distinctive, specially designed ‘totems’ containing ‘bug hotels’ which provide places for bees and other insects to thrive, along with nature and heritage insights.
Grampian Pipes and Drums leading the march to Castlegate in Aberdeen. This was one of the many events of the weekend of the 17th/18th October 2015 commemorating the International Brigades and the volunteers from Aberdeen as well as the IBMT AGM.
The International Brigade Memorial Trust keeps alive the memory and spirit of the men and women from Britain, Ireland and elsewhere who volunteered to defend democracy and fight fascism in Spain from 1936 to 1939.
Further information about the IBMT and the International Brigades: www.international-brigades.org.uk
The very last Walker body for Aberdeen, 15 entered service in November 1948 as B34R. It was converted to B31F and equipped for one man operation in 1956. This was the only Walker bodied Daimler from the seven delivered in 1947/48 to receive rubber mounted windows at that time. All of the others looked broadly similar after conversion to forward entrance in 1956. Two of those were subsequently re-bodied by Alexander in 1958 (9 & 11), and the other four (10, 12 - 14) were heavily rebuilt by ACT in 1962/63 to a style that looked like a lower build of the Alexander style of body. 15 was withdrawn in 1966.
A bit more about Aberdeen's Walker bodied Daimler CVD6s -
ACT had received seven new Daimler CVD6 buses, all with William Walker B34R bodies, in 1947/48. These were -
9 - (CRG 809) chassis No 13603 (new July 1947)
10 - (CRS 210) chassis No 13607 (new November 1947),
11 - (CRG 811) chassis No 13604 (new July 1947),
12 - (CRS 512) chassis No 13605 (new March 1948),
13 - (CRS 513) chassis No 13606 (new March 1948),
14 - (CRS 834) chassis No 13608 (new July 1948), and
15 - (DRG 115) chassis No 13609 (new November 1948).
All were converted to B31F in 1956, and painted in a mainly cream livery with green roofs, wings. and a triangular wedge behind the rear wheels immediately below the waistband. It seems they were then used for private hires and city tours in place of ten 1950 Crossley SD42/7 / Brockhouse FC29F coaches which were withdrawn in 1955/56.
In 1958 two buses, 9 and 11 received new Alexander B35F bodies. Then in 1962/63 the bodies of 10, 12 - 14 were stripped and rebuilt by ACT with bodies that used window frames (similar to those on the Alexander bodied buses). The layout of the external trim on these ACT rebuilds echoed that of the Alexander bodies.
During their lives five of the seven buses were renumbered - to free up numbers for new deliveries -
9 to 39 in March 1967, then to 40 in May 1969, then to 42 in February 1970.
11 to 41 in March 1967.
12 to 42 in March 1967.
13 to 43 in March 1967.
14 to 44 in March 1967.
Both of the Alexander re-bodied buses were re-trimmed externally around 1968 whereby the bodies became all over cream except for the green applied to the wings, roof and rear dome down to bottom of the rear windows. This make-over eliminated the green band below the windows, which had swooped downwards behind the rear wheels and round the the rear (which was completely green). Nos 43 and 44 were similarly re-trimmed externally, but in the case of 43 a horizontal green band was applied below the windows.
Withdrawals occurred as follows -
9 (as 42) - 1971,
10 - 1967,
11 (as 41) - 1972,
12 (as 42) - December 1967,
13 (as 43) - 1970,
14 (as 44) - 1971, and
15 - 1966.
Disposals (identified by original fleet number) -
9 - T D Alexander (Greyhound) Ltd, Arbroath, scrapped by March 1972,
10 - Aberdeen Corporation Education Dept, Cameron, Peterhead, Davidson, Forfar, NK, Coupar Angus, believed subsequently sold,
11 - A & C McLennan, Spittalfield, Ribble PreservationGroup, nr Preston, subsequently to Aberdeen & District Transport Preservation Trust, Alford, (housed at The Bus Collection, Alford),
12 - Aberdeen Corporation Works Dept,
13 - Alexander Hall (building contractor), Aberdeen,
14 - A & C McLennan, Spittalfield, Ribble Preservation Group, nr Preston, subsequently to Aberdeen & District Transport Preservation Trust, Alford, (housed at the Bus Collection, Alford)
and
15 - Scrapped.
I understand that the aim is to restore 11 to as re-bodied in 1958 condition, while it's hoped to rebuild 14 to as new Walker B34R condition (the ACT rebuild of 1963 retained the original Walker roof sticks).
Some of the information given above is taken from the PSV Circle publication PM21 - A fleet history of First Aberdeen and its predecessors.
WW 31 August 2018.
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CASTLEGATE GETS GREY TO GREEN TRANSFORMATION
The scheme links Castlegate to the under-visited ‘hidden jewel’ of Victoria Quays and has transformed the almost redundant former inner ring road from a barrier to a green corridor with sustainable drainage, floral meadows, segregated cycle lanes and public art.
Castlegate (the Street) has been closed to vehicles to create a large riverside terrace with potential to accommodate outdoor seating for existing and future cafes and bars including the former public toilet due to open as the Two Rivers Bar and the Tap and Barrel, now under new management by the Peddlers Market team. The street will also hold the newly established Sheffield Pollen Market, the first fresh flower market in Sheffield, which will take place every third Sunday of the month.
Fifty-seven new trees have been planted as part of the scheme, along with a multitude of low maintenance perennial meadow plants and bulbs which will provide a year long succession of colour and natural habitat for insects, birds and mammals.
The scheme includes four distinctive, specially designed ‘totems’ containing ‘bug hotels’ which provide places for bees and other insects to thrive, along with nature and heritage insights.
Showcase Cinemas - Castlegate Way, Dudley.
The cinema is still there, and is not too far from the James Whale memorial I popped over to have a look at.
Gordon Highlanders Statue, Castlegate, Aberdeen which was unveiled by HRH Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay (Prince of Wales), 15th October 2011
Former bank building (now a pub) and Townhouse. The spire with the cockerel is part of the former Tolbooth prison.
CASTLEGATE GETS GREY TO GREEN TRANSFORMATION
The scheme links Castlegate to the under-visited ‘hidden jewel’ of Victoria Quays and has transformed the almost redundant former inner ring road from a barrier to a green corridor with sustainable drainage, floral meadows, segregated cycle lanes and public art.
Castlegate (the Street) has been closed to vehicles to create a large riverside terrace with potential to accommodate outdoor seating for existing and future cafes and bars including the former public toilet due to open as the Two Rivers Bar and the Tap and Barrel, now under new management by the Peddlers Market team. The street will also hold the newly established Sheffield Pollen Market, the first fresh flower market in Sheffield, which will take place every third Sunday of the month.
Fifty-seven new trees have been planted as part of the scheme, along with a multitude of low maintenance perennial meadow plants and bulbs which will provide a year long succession of colour and natural habitat for insects, birds and mammals.
The scheme includes four distinctive, specially designed ‘totems’ containing ‘bug hotels’ which provide places for bees and other insects to thrive, along with nature and heritage insights.
Looking north from the top of Clifford's Tower, in York, Towards the Minster and the steeple of St Mary Castlegate.
Clifford's Tower was the central stronghold of the medieval York Castle, in the historical northern English city.
The castle was built by William the Conqueror after the Norman conquest of Britain, with building work begun in 1069AD, to secure his hold on the north of England.
The original wooden structure was burnt to the ground in 1190AD after the city’s Jews took refuge inside the tower to escape a baying mob – it didn’t work and they committed mass suicide.
King Henry III rebuilt the castle between 1245 and 1272 and Clifford’s Tower is now all that remains, aside from some stretches of walls to the south. The tower was the original keep of the castle and comprised two floors of private rooms and a chapel.
The tower stands on top of a large earth mound and is now looked after by English heritage. From the ramparts there are views out over the modern city of York, including the Minster, the River Ouse and the city’s many churches and historical buildings.
York St Mary’s is a medieval church dating back to the 11th century and now a cultural arts centre in the heart of the old city.
Most of the church which is now standing dates from the 13th to 15th centuries, with a little of the original Saxon stonework to be found within the body of the church.
The church has the tallest steeple in York, standing 47 metres high and was deconsecrated between 1958 and 1975. In 2001 it was made a heritage centre.
York Minster dominates the skyline of the city of York and is the centre of religious worship for mile around.
Britain’s largest Gothic building, construction was begun under the Normans by Thomas of Bayeux in 1080AD, though the oldest structure still in existence dates from 1220AD.
Construction took place until the end of the 15th century, when a new central tower was built to replace the 13th century version, which had collapsed and needed to be rebuilt. The tower is built in the perpendicular style, as is the quire, which dates to 100 years earlier.
The Minster is home to a spectacular collection of stained-glass windows, while beneath the modern cathedral, it is possible to take a tour of the crypts and see the foundations for the churches and buildings which have stood on the site for thousands of years.
It is also possible to climb to the top of the tower, up 275 steps, for views of the surrounding city and countryside and the top of the Minster itself.
YJ11 EJX. Perryman's 021. Optare Solo SR M960/Optare.
Seen out of service awaiting its next turn of duty on Castlegate in Berwick-upon-Tweed
Newdigate House, Castle Gate, Nottingham, c1674.
For Thomas Charlton of Chilwell.
Nottingham & Nottinghamshire United Services Club Limited. Registered Office.
Grade ll* listed.
In this house lived Marshal Tallart, from 1705 to 1711, while prisoner of war after the Battle of Blenheim 1704.
Newdigate House is contemporary with Nottingham Castle as we now know it.
The house was built for Thomas Charlton the younger, of Chilwell. He sold it in 1683 to Samuel Staples of Nottingham who leased it to Camille d'Hostun, duc de Tallard who was effectively kept prisoner in it from 1705 to 1711 after defeat in the Battle of Blenheim in 1704.
In 1716 the house was sold to Thomas Newdigate, the 6th son of Sir Richard Newdigate, 2nd Baronet of Arbury Hall, Warwickshire. He commissioned Francis Foulgham to make the wrought-iron screen and gates which survive at the front of the house, enclosing the court yard. It was lived in by subsequent members of the Newdigate family until 1790 when it was sold to Mrs Thomas Wright. She arranged for William Stretton to make some changes. The house was sold again in 1817.
In 1905 the building was being used by W Lee, Antiques Dealer, and was put up for sale. In 1915 the house was used by the Domestic Workers’ Sub-Committee of the War Relief Fund as an office. In 1960 it became the United Services Club.
Marshal Tallard was sent to live in Nottingham under parole, and, being a sensible man, he settled down to live a happy and useful life amid his erstwhile enemies.
His courtesy and innate goodness soon made him popular, and to him our forefathers owed many novel and useful innovations. He taught their wives how to make white bread and how to prepare salads, and he taught the men how to grow roses. The greatest gift we owe to him is celery. He had known the plant in France, and sadly missed it in England, where its use was unknown. He found it growing wild in the marshes at Lenton, and cultivated it in his garden, which still remains.
Situated on Castlegate, opposite Berwick-upon-Tweed railway station, THE CASTLE was pictured on January 18th 2011.
Gordon Highlanders Statue, Castlegate, Aberdeen which was unveiled by HRH Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay (Prince of Wales), 15th October 2011
St Mary Castlegate is one of the largest of York's many medieval churches and is situated in the south of the old city centre. It ceased to be used for worship several decades ago and for a while was used as the city's heritage centre. Now the interior has been opened up again and used as exhibition space for contemporary art.
The building is mostly of 14th & 15th century construction and is marked by a tapering spire rising from a slender octagonal tower (a feature of a few York city churches). The interior is devoid of its old furnishings, all removed prior to its conversion to secular use, but some fragments of medieval glass survive, reset into a window at the east end of the south aisle.
I am not sure what the current opening times of the church are, but it is safe to assume it will be open as long as there is work exhibited inside. This is an imaginative and sensitive re-use of a redundant parish church and allows visitors to enjoy both the exhibits and the entirety of the building's interior, much more than its previous incarnation did.
Photographs from the weekend of events organsed by Aberdeen TUC and IBMT. 17th and 18th October 2015. Including AGM at Aberdeen Town House. Unveiling of Plaque at Bob Cooney Court. Plaque for John Londragan at TUC HQ. Presentation of the Aberdeen flag at St Nicholas Kirk and the march to Castlegate.
St Mary, Castlegate, York.
East Window by Charles Alexander Gibbs (1825-1877), c1870.
Charles Alexander Gibbs was one of three sons of Isaac Alexander Gibbs (1802-1851) who became stained-glass designers. The family firm was established in about 1848, but split when Charles Gibbs set up his own works at 148 Marylebone Road, London in 1858.
Gordon Highlanders Statue, Castlegate, Aberdeen which was unveiled by HRH Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay (Prince of Wales), 15th October 2011
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This rather impressive piece of art is at the side of the former police station in the Castlegate Quarter in Sheffield.
The art form was created by individual bricks being painted which then formed the face that you see along the side.
The piece is called "Steelworker" and is by Paul Waplington.
CASTLEGATE GETS GREY TO GREEN TRANSFORMATION
The scheme links Castlegate to the under-visited ‘hidden jewel’ of Victoria Quays and has transformed the almost redundant former inner ring road from a barrier to a green corridor with sustainable drainage, floral meadows, segregated cycle lanes and public art.
Castlegate (the Street) has been closed to vehicles to create a large riverside terrace with potential to accommodate outdoor seating for existing and future cafes and bars including the former public toilet due to open as the Two Rivers Bar and the Tap and Barrel, now under new management by the Peddlers Market team. The street will also hold the newly established Sheffield Pollen Market, the first fresh flower market in Sheffield, which will take place every third Sunday of the month.
Fifty-seven new trees have been planted as part of the scheme, along with a multitude of low maintenance perennial meadow plants and bulbs which will provide a year long succession of colour and natural habitat for insects, birds and mammals.
The scheme includes four distinctive, specially designed ‘totems’ containing ‘bug hotels’ which provide places for bees and other insects to thrive, along with nature and heritage insights.
CASTLEGATE GETS GREY TO GREEN TRANSFORMATION
The scheme links Castlegate to the under-visited ‘hidden jewel’ of Victoria Quays and has transformed the almost redundant former inner ring road from a barrier to a green corridor with sustainable drainage, floral meadows, segregated cycle lanes and public art.
Castlegate (the Street) has been closed to vehicles to create a large riverside terrace with potential to accommodate outdoor seating for existing and future cafes and bars including the former public toilet due to open as the Two Rivers Bar and the Tap and Barrel, now under new management by the Peddlers Market team. The street will also hold the newly established Sheffield Pollen Market, the first fresh flower market in Sheffield, which will take place every third Sunday of the month.
Fifty-seven new trees have been planted as part of the scheme, along with a multitude of low maintenance perennial meadow plants and bulbs which will provide a year long succession of colour and natural habitat for insects, birds and mammals.
The scheme includes four distinctive, specially designed ‘totems’ containing ‘bug hotels’ which provide places for bees and other insects to thrive, along with nature and heritage insights.