Public Art Research Archive, Sheffield Hallam University
PUBLIC ART IN SHEFFIELD

Frank Tory and Sons
Coat of Arms, 1929
Division Street
stone

Location:
Division Street Fire Station (no longer in use)
(A-Z p.4 4D)

Description:
Coat of Arms of the City of Sheffield. The figure of Vulcan is on the right holding pincers, with an anvil behind him and Thor is on the left with a long handled hammer (looking more like an axe). The arms are enclosed on either side by the axe and bundle of rods of a Roman lictor. The date appears at the upper corners above a lion and a gryphon's head.
Two Sum motifs appear at first floor level to the left and right of the main facade.

Commission:
not known

Comment:
The building is now in use as a bar.
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