26-550: The Globe Works are a former cutlery factory situated in the City of Sheffield , South Yorkshire , England on Penistone Road in the suburb of Neepsend . The Works are a Grade II* Listed Building which in the late 1980s were renovated to provide modern office space. It is part of the Kelham Island Conservation Area. The Globe Works were built in 1825 by the architects Henry and William Ibbotson for
52-725: A unitary authority , the modern equivalent of the county borough it had been before 1974. Since 2014 the council has been a constituent member of the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (called the Sheffield City Region until 2021), led by the directly elected Mayor of South Yorkshire since 2018. In April 2014, the Sheffield City Council voted to recognize the right to self-determination of Somaliland , an autonomous region in northwestern Somalia ,
78-412: A different councillor each year. Political leadership is instead provided by the leader of the council . The leaders since 1901 have been: County Borough The last leader of the city council before the 1974 reforms, Ron Ironmonger, went on to be the first leader of South Yorkshire County Council . Metropolitan Borough Following the 2024 election the composition of the council was: Six of
104-695: Is currently under no overall control , with Labour , the Liberal Democrats and the Green Party each holding chair positions in a proportionate number of committees. The town of Sheffield was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1843. The borough was run by the Corporation of Sheffield , also known as the town council. When elected county councils were established in 1889 under the Local Government Act 1888 , Sheffield
130-527: The COVID-19 pandemic ) and took place on 6 May 2021, with 65% voting for change to a Committee system. In 2023 the council leader Terry Fox stood down as leader at the request of the national Labour Party, amid controversy around the council's response to the Sheffield street tree scandal . Since 2021 the council has been under no overall control . At the 2021 elections , Labour lost its majority on
156-656: The Cammell Laird group. Another well known industrialist William Edgar Allen worked at the Globe Works as a young man before setting up the Edgar Allen and Company steelworks in 1867. The Globe Works received considerable damage during industrial unrest between employers and unions in 1843 when a bomb was planted by two members of the Saw Grinders Union. In 1852 John Walters moved his business from
182-468: The Classical Revival style. The façade has two storeys with nine windows on each storey, the middle section is pedimented and this gives an additional half a storey to this section. Behind the ornamental façade were furnaces, a manager's residence and a courtyard which was surrounded by many small workshops in which numerous little mesters were employed. The owner had a house integrated into
208-477: The Green Party has continued following the 2023 election . The first election to the reconstituted city council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities until the new arrangements took effect on 1 April 1974. Political control of the council since 1974 has been as follows: The role of Lord Mayor of Sheffield is largely ceremonial and is usually held by
234-716: The Leadmill Association arts charity and backed by the Allen Tod group of architects alongside Henry Boot as the main contractor with funding coming from Sheffield City Council , European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), English Tourist Board , English Heritage and the Arts Council . This partial renovation included a cutlery shop, visitor centre and a pub, The Rattener's Rest on the ground floor. The Leadmill Association ran into financial difficulties and went into insolvency in 1994 and Velocity Estates bought
260-754: The Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.226 via cp1108 cp1108, Varnish XID 253383313 Upstream caches: cp1108 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Thu, 28 Nov 2024 11:01:58 GMT Sheffield City Council Other groups (7) Sheffield City Council is the local authority for the City of Sheffield , a metropolitan borough with city status in South Yorkshire , England. The council consists of 84 councillors, elected to represent 28 wards , each with three councillors. It
286-402: The abolished Stocksbridge Urban District and the parishes of Bradfield and Ecclesfield . Sheffield's city status was extended to cover the whole area of the new borough. From 1974 to 1986 Sheffield was a district-level authority, with county-level services provided by South Yorkshire County Council . In 1986, the abolition of metropolitan county councils saw Sheffield City Council become
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#1732791718145312-511: The city centre to the Globe Works, his factory made table knives, spring knives, steel and tools and specialised in making Bowie knives for the American market. Between 1865 and 1910 the Works were occupied by Unwin & Rodgers. The Works later became an all-purpose factory and warehouse. The entrance to the factories surrounding the courtyard was under an enormous archway to the right and below
338-507: The council, and its leader, Bob Johnson, lost his seat on the council. A coalition between Labour and the Greens was formed to run the council, with Labour's new leader Terry Fox taking the role of leader of the council . Following the 2022 election , the Liberal Democrats joined Labour and the Greens in the ruling administration. The 'rainbow coalition' of Labour, The Liberal Democrats and
364-484: The design at the southern end of the Works and this is the probable reason for the grandness of the façade. The entrance to the house was on the side wall and had a pillared porch, today this is the main entrance and reception for the entire building. Eminent industrialist Charles Cammell worked at the Globe Works for Ibbotson Brothers between 1830 and 1837 before leaving to set up his own firm of Johnson, Cammell and Company with Thomas Johnson, this firm later became part of
390-457: The edge tool manufacturers Ibbotson & Roebank. The Works are one of England's oldest surviving cutlery and tool factories and were possibly the World's first purpose built cutlery factory. When opened the Works produced steel, tools and cutlery on the one site in an integrated process driven by steam power . The Works has an ornamental façade frontage built in coarse square stone and brick in
416-469: The first city council to do so. The gesture is purely ceremonial and carries no legal weight. The UK government and the international community officially recognise Somaliland as a part of Somalia. In August 2019, a governance petition was submitted to the council, asking for a referendum on changing the council's governance system. The petition, organised by the Sheffield community group It's Our City!,
442-483: The independent councillors sit together as the "Sheffield Community Councillors" group. The next election is due in May 2026. The council meets at Sheffield Town Hall on Pinstone Street in the city centre. The building was purpose-built for the council and was completed in 1897. It is a Grade I listed building . The council also uses a modern office building nearby at Howden House, 1 Union Street, as additional offices and
468-491: The main customer service centre. There are also smaller offices and area offices across the city. Since the last boundary changes in 2016, the council has comprised 84 councillors representing 28 wards , with each ward electing three councillors. Elections are held three years out of every four, with a third of the council (one councillor for each ward) being elected each time for a four-year term. Sheffield City Council provides approximately 550 services to its citizens. It
494-412: The patent to "Friar Edge" knives. In 1970, Sheffield Town Planning Committee called for the Globe Works to be removed from the register of listed buildings so it could be bulldozed to make way for an urban motorway, however the request was rejected. The Works became derelict in the 1970s when it was extensively damaged by an arson attack in 1978. In 1987 restoration work costing £1.5 million was started by
520-439: The portcullis of the original house. This was originally built to allow horses and carts/carriages into the cobbled courtyard. The upstairs packing rooms and office had to be accessed by an outside staircase. As well as producing cutlery, scissors and silverware, Thomas Bishop was granted his own assay mark in 1830 to produce Old Sheffield Plate (copper coated with silver by fusion). From 1840–1860 nickel silver gradually superseded
546-435: The use of copper, and articles were produced by the aid of both processes; though the bodies of the larger pieces continued to be constructed of fused plated metal, the other parts were subjected to the process of electro deposition. "Guide to Marks of Origin on British and Irish Silver Plate from Mid 16th Century to the year 1950 and Old Sheffield Plate Makers' Marks 1743 - 1860" compiled by Frederick Bradbury F.S.A.(1950). This
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#1732791718145572-769: The works in the mid 1990s, and undertook a complete refurbishment lasting 18 months and costing several million pounds. The work retained as much of the original fabric of the building as was possible after the fire and created a building with a floor space of approximately 30,000 square feet. Now known as the Globe Business Centre, it is home to around 22 companies with the office space being managed by Davison Property Management, providing various sized offices suitable for micro, small and medium-sized businesses. 53°23′24″N 1°28′41″W / 53.3899°N 1.478°W / 53.3899; -1.478 Cutlery Too Many Requests If you report this error to
598-405: Was considered large enough to run its own county-level services and so it was made a county borough , independent from West Riding County Council . The town was awarded city status in 1893. In 1974 the county borough of Sheffield was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972 , being replaced by a larger metropolitan borough of Sheffield, covering the area of the former county borough plus
624-447: Was done within the Globe Works premises. The business was eventually transferred to his son George Bishop and became George Bishop and Sons. The 1939–45 war intervened, George Bishop retired and when his sons returned from war duties and rejoined the firm it was called Sanders and Bowers, Globe Works, and along with silverware, produced "Friar Edge" knives to complement the forks and spoons which were sold in sets of six or canteens. The firm
650-512: Was signed by over 26000 people (approximately 6.6% of the Sheffield City Council electorate). In September 2019 this petition was accepted as valid under the provisions of the Localism Act 2011 , forcing the council to hold a referendum on changing the council's executive arrangements from the Leader and Cabinet system to a Committee system. The referendum was postponed from May 2020 (due to
676-487: Was then run by George Bishop's sons—Cyril Bishop and Ron Bishop, along with Albert Sanders and Ron Sanders. Ron Bishop eventually left and one of the Sanders died. By this time a large percentage of contracts were exported to Australia and US. The firm continued until 30 June 1976 when Cyril Bishop died. At this time it was under negotiation to be compulsory purchased by Sheffield City Council. Arthur Price of Birmingham bought
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