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Summary

Cornish Place is a large nineteenth and twentieth century factory complex associated with the cutlery and silverware manufacturers James Dixon and Sons. The building was listed in the 1970s and converted to apartments in the late twentieth century.

Monument Type(s):

• ROLLING MILL (Industrial - 1789 AD to 1819 AD)
• STEAM ENGINE (Recorded 1794, removal date unknown., Industrial to Modern - 1789 AD? to 1914 AD)
• TILT HAMMER (Industrial - 1789 AD to 1819 AD)
• CUTLERY WORKS (Industrial to Modern - 1819 AD to 1992 AD)
• SILVERSMITHS WORKSHOP (Industrial to Modern - 1819 AD to 1992 AD)
• BRITANNIA METAL WORKS (Until 1840s, Industrial - 1828 AD? to 1849 AD?)
• STEAM ENGINE (Removed 1914-18, Industrial to Modern - 1835 AD? to 1918 AD (pre))
• PLATING WORKS (1840s onwards, Industrial to Modern - 1840 AD? to 1992 AD?)

Associated Finds:

Protected Status:

• Listed Building (II*) 1270962: EAST RANGE AT CORNISH PLACE WORKS

Full Description

<1> A detailed building recording programme was carried out before this building was converted to apartments in the late 1990s / early 2000s.
Four principal stages of development were identified:
1789-1819 A steam-powere tilt hammer, later converted for use as a rolling mill, was present on the site. No remnants of these were found by the survey;
1819-1850 The Establishment of James Dixon and Sons Cornish Place Works (originally called the Green Lane Mills but changed to Cornish Place - probably to avoid confusion with the already established Green Lane Works to the east) and their early expansion;
1851-1862 Major enlargement;
1862 - 1992 Consolidation, enlargement and eventual closure.

The firm of Dixon and Smith, based in the Crofts, were electroplaters and Britannia Metal manufacturers. The firm later became James Dixon, (Dixon and Son in 1825), shortly after a move to Green Lane Mills (latterly Cornish Place). The firm manufactured Britannia Metal, cutlery and silverware for over 100 years and exported its goods all over the world [Further detailed information is available from this source].

<1> ARCUS, 2001, Archaeological Building Recording at Cornish Place Sheffield (Grey Literature Report). SSY1904.

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