Archaeological Building Recording of Student Residences, Fulwood Road, Endcliffe Crescent, Endcliffe Vale Road and Oakholme Road, Sheffield, South Yorkshire

In 2005 ARCUS were commissioned by Bovis Lend Lease, on behalf of The University of Sheffield, to undertake a programme of archaeological building recording of the Sheffield University Student Halls of Residence at Endcliffe Student Village and Ranmoor, Sheffield, South Yorkshire. The site was examined, both in terms of its historical development and the nature of the built structures standing at the time of survey. The site, centred on NGR SK 328 862, covers an area of approximately 35ha. It consists of Earnshaw Hall, Halifax Hall, Ranmoor House, Sorby Hall and Stephenson Hall along with their associated housing and flats, all of which are part of The University of Sheffield halls of residence. The surrounding grounds are mainly landscaped parkland with some mid- to late-nineteenth-century garden features. From the medieval period, the site was part of the Crooksmoor common until its enclosure in 1791. The town racecourse was partially located within the Endcliffe Crescent area from the early-eighteenth century until 1781. Much of the land was sold for housing development following the enclosure, although prior to 1850 only part of Endcliffe crescent had been established. The rest of the area was developed prior to 1890. This took the form of substantial villas and semi-detached houses for the newly affluent middle classes. The houses had the benefits of large landscaped gardens and proximal parklands with many of the houses being built around a central oval lawn with allotment areas to the south of this communal lawn. There were few further developments in the area prior to the construction of the University residences. The first of these was Halifax Hall which incorporates an earlier building, Endcliffe House, built around 1840 and extended in 1891. It was acquired by the University in 1924 and became the University Hall for Women. There was little development of student accommodation until the 1960s, when Ranmoor, Sorby and Earnshaw Halls were built, along with an extension to the earlier Halifax Hall. The survey of the Student Halls of residence has primarily been a photographic record, using medium format photographs, 35mm black and white and colour slide. A brief description of each building has been produced in conjunction with an overview of the phased development of each Hall of residence. An intermittent archaeological watching brief was maintained during the development programme, which focused on the listed buildings where adjacent structures were demolished.

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