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| Name: | Home for Penitent Females, Bass Street, Derby |
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| HER No.: | 32542 |
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| Type of Record: | Building |
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Designation: | None recorded |
Summary
Former Home for Penitent Females designed by George Henry Sheffield; built 1866-68, and extended 1993 as apartments. On the City of Derby Local List.
| Grid Reference: | SK 335 367 |
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| Parish: | DERBY |
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Monument Type(s):
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events: None recorded
Full Description
Bass Street, former Home for Penitent Females. Designed for a charity by George Henry Sheffield (1844-1882) and built 1866-68. Subsequently long in local authority ownership, but extended fairly tactfully in 1993 as apartments. (1)
Former ‘Home for Penitent Females’, built in 1866-68 to the designs of Derby architect George Henry Sheffield. Simplified neo-Gothic brick built building with stone dressings and contrasting sandstone banded semi-circular entrance arch. Built for a charity and then owned by the local authority, but converted to apartments and extended in 1993. (2)
<1> 2007, 'Derby Civic Society Suggested Local List Additions', Derby Civic Society Newsletter, pp 15-16; p 42 for additional illustration (Unpublished document). SDR20302.
<2> Derby City Council, 2010, City of Derby Local List, p 51 (Bibliographic reference). SDR21254.
Sources and Further Reading
| [1] | SDR20302 - Unpublished document: 2007. 'Derby Civic Society Suggested Local List Additions', Derby Civic Society Newsletter. No. 85, pp 15-26. pp 15-16; p 42 for additional illustration. |
| [2] | SDR21254 - Bibliographic reference: Derby City Council. 2010. City of Derby Local List. p 51. |
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