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3 unusual facts about Matthew Ellison Hadfield


Matthew Ellison Hadfield

Hadfield also designed railway stations, including that at Glossop, together with the Wicker Arches viaduct, in the neo-classical style, in Sheffield in 1848.

St Michael's Cemetery, Sheffield

The chapel is in the Early English style and was designed by the architects Messrs Hadfield and Son with Mr. M.J. Dowling used as the contractor.

Wicker Arches

The requirements were laid down by Sir John Fowler (engineer; designer of the Forth Bridge), but because of its prominent position in the city, he employed a firm of architects, Weightman, Hadfield and Goldie, to manage the detailed design.


Cathedral Church of St Marie, Sheffield

A leading local architect called Matthew Ellison Hadfield designed St Marie’s, based on a 14th-century church at Heckington in Lincolnshire.

Monastery of The Holy Spirit, Sheffield

The architect was Hadfield & Son and the building was modelled on the Motherhouse of the Sisters of Charity at 140 Rue du Bac in Paris.


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