Description and History of Site:-
W & S Butcher set up 1819 in Eyre Lane at back of present site where they made crucible steel and edge tools. They became one of the largest edge tool firms and had a large export trade particularly to North America. Steelmaking moved to other sites at an early stage. In the early 1850s they acquired the Arundel Street side of the site and built the present works a large and atmospheric group of buildings round a courtyard with boiler house and chimney in middle. The three storey buildings at back and in Eyre Lane is probably 1820s. Butchers here until after World War 2. In use in 1994 for small businesses but much of it empty. The last of the manufacturing tenants left in 2004. Currently (2018) the building is used for residential and retail purposes.

Further Reading and References:-
Bayliss, D (ed). A guide to the industrial history of South Yorkshire. Association for Industrial Archaeology, 1995, item H11.

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Key Words :- edge tool manufacture butcher works

Address :- 72 Arundel Street, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S1 2NS
Grid Ref :- SK 35501 86867
Co-ordinates :- Lat 53.377471 , Long -1.467818
Local Authority :- Sheffield City Council
Pre 1974 County :- Yorkshire - West Riding
Site Status :- Listed - Grade II*
Historic England List No - 1246467,
Site Condition :- Site refurbished to industrial / commercial use
Record Date :- 15 October 2015

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