Historic houses · East Midlands
Loxley House
Loxley House — house in United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Nearest railway station
- Sheffield · 5.4 km
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Loxley House is a historic house in the United Kingdom — typically a country seat, manor, or town house with notable architecture or history. Wikidata describes it as: "house in United Kingdom". Coordinates: 53.4087°, -1.5262°.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Eastern Peak District Moors SSSI
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Loxley House is a Georgian building situated off Ben Lane in the Wadsley area of Sheffield in South Yorkshire, England. It is a Grade Two Listed building.
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Background
History
The present building was built in 1826 but the first house on the site was constructed in 1795 by the Reverend Thomas Halliday the Unitarian minister for Norton. This original structure was an imposing building which stood at the head of a drive which led off Ben Lane. Halliday was something of a local entrepreneur who would later construct the Robin Hood Inn at Little Matlock in Loxley in 1804. In 1808 Halliday sold the house to Thomas Payne and it was the Payne family who completely rebuilt it as Loxley House in 1826. The new house was much more impressive in style than the previous building having three storeys and three wide set bays as well as striking Venetian windows. The house…
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- Coordinates
- 53.4087, -1.5262
- District
- Sheffield
- Parish
- Sheffield, unparished area
- Postcode
- S6 4SF
- Parliamentary constituency
- Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough
- Nearest railway station
- Sheffield — 5.4 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q6694273 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Loxley House (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Loxley House, Sheffield.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Loxley House?
- Loxley House is in the East Midlands, United Kingdom (postcode S6 4SF), in the parish of Sheffield, unparished area.
- Is Loxley House a protected site?
- Yes — Loxley House is part of the Eastern Peak District Moors SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- How do I get to Loxley House?
- The nearest railway station is Sheffield, about 5.4 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode S6 4SF.