Somme Barracks, Sheffield

Somme Barracks, Sheffield is a military establishment on Glossop Road in Sheffield, England. The building is owned by the Ministry of Defence and serves as the base of the University of Sheffield Officers' Training Corps, which has been a part of the Yorkshire Officers' Training Regiment since 2011. It is a Grade II listed building.

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Jessop West

Jessop West is a building in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, and is part of the University of Sheffield. Designed by Berlin-based architectural firm Sauerbruch Hutton, it was completed in 2009, and is on the corner of Leafygreave Road and Upper Hanover Street, opposite the Information Commons.

Glossop Road Baths

Glossop Road Baths is a building in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, which originally housed a swimming pool and Victorian Turkish baths. The first public baths in the city were opened on the site in 1836, following the cholera epidemic of 1832. The complex was rebuilt from 1877 to 1879 to a design by E. M. Gibbs, including an indoor swimming pool was opened, a Turkish bath suite and a hairdresser. In 1898, the complex was bought by the city council and a ladies' bath was added. The façade was rebuilt in 1908–1910 by Arthur Nunweek. After a period of decline at the end of the 20th century and later closure of the baths, the building was largely converted to residential accommodation, with a Wetherspoons bar called "The Swim Inn" in the former main swimming pool area. The rooms of the Victorian Turkish baths were repurposed and converted into a modern day spa, reopening as Spa 1877 in 2004. This closed in 2019, and reopened in November 2023.

Information Commons, Sheffield

The Information Commons (also known as the IC) is a library and computing building in Sheffield, England, and is part of the University of Sheffield. The architects were the Edinburgh-based RMJM. The IC is located on Leavygreave Road, close to the University tram stop. It opened on 10 April 2007 to staff and students of the University, although it was officially opened on 26 September 2007 by Harsh Srivastav, a graduate of the University and former President of the Students Union. The project was conceived and is jointly operated by the University Library and the Corporate Information and Computing Services (CiCS). Soon after opening, satirical British magazine, Private Eye questioned the appropriateness of the building's name as a "commons", pointing out that ordinary residents of Sheffield, temporary staff and visiting researchers from other universities are forbidden access. The IC has over 1,300 study spaces, 500 computers, and carries 100,000 texts. There is an information desk and a café on the ground floor, toilets and water fountains on all levels and shower facilities on the first level. The building is open to University of Sheffield staff and students 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. On Thursday 2 February 2017, the IC hosted the University of Sheffield #1lib1ref event. As of 2016, the Information Commons hosts the University's Digital Commons, a collaborative space to develop innovations in Digital Learning. The Information Commons was temporary closed during the summer vacation of 2017 due to the interior refurbishment. The IC was reopened in September 2017 with alterations to interior design and layout.

Bath Hotel, Sheffield

The Bath Hotel is a pub in Broomhall district of Sheffield, in England. The building was built in about 1868, as a grocers' shop at the end of a terrace of houses, on Victoria Street. The grocery also operated as a beerhouse, and it was sold to Ind Coope in 1914. Around this date, it became a dedicated pub, named after the nearby Glossop Road Baths. In 1931, the brewery extended it into the neighbouring house and remodelled the entire pub. It retains almost all of its fittings from this period. It was Grade II listed in 1999, and also appears on the Campaign for Real Ale's (CAMRA) National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors. It was restored in 2001, the work winning the national Pub Conservation Award. The building is three storeys high at the front, and two at the back, the two fronts meeting at a sharp corner. The lowest part of the walls are tiled, and the original leaded windows survive, some with stained glass. There is a toilet block at the rear, added in 1931. Inside, there are two bars, a lounge snug in the corner with a serving hatch, and a main bar, linked by corridor, which also has access to the serving area, designed to allow stand up drinking. Features from the 1931 remodelling include the tiled floor, counter with tiled front, fixed seating and internal doors. Historic England describes it as "an unusually complete example of a Sheffield corner public house".