I arrived on site while the sun was still low in the sky. This is definitely my favourite time of day to explore - cool and quiet, and the light was great this particular morning with a decent sunrise.
Established in 1966, Machinagraph manufacture name plates labels and plaques.
They moved to newer premises in another part of Sheffield around 2006/7 (although weirdly, the first floor workshop seems to have been abandoned for a lot longer - since the early 90s judging by the expiry date on some drinks cans and newspapers I found).
The building itself looks like it's had some major structural repairs carried out on it at some point in the distant past.
Previous reports suggest that it was a school at one time (the only external evidence I can see of this is a stone lintel above a bricked up doorway which says 'Trinity Church Schools', but this doesn't look original to me). From the inside the school idea does make more sense though - the layout and some of the features like the heating system seem to fit.
Oddly, parts of the ground floor - workshop, spraying room, etching room, offices and reception - are not accessible from upstairs without going outside. There is also a small part of the building that I wasn't able to get into which is a flat or small house (the white part and level above in the first photo) which also has no access from inside the main building.
All in all a nice little explore with some interesting stuff to look at. The strangest thing I came across was a small room in the bowels of the building that was crammed floor to ceiling with cheap looking reproduction antique furniture.
Hopefully I've not gone overboard with the pictures!
Criticism welcome
Established in 1966, Machinagraph manufacture name plates labels and plaques.
They moved to newer premises in another part of Sheffield around 2006/7 (although weirdly, the first floor workshop seems to have been abandoned for a lot longer - since the early 90s judging by the expiry date on some drinks cans and newspapers I found).
The building itself looks like it's had some major structural repairs carried out on it at some point in the distant past.
Previous reports suggest that it was a school at one time (the only external evidence I can see of this is a stone lintel above a bricked up doorway which says 'Trinity Church Schools', but this doesn't look original to me). From the inside the school idea does make more sense though - the layout and some of the features like the heating system seem to fit.
Oddly, parts of the ground floor - workshop, spraying room, etching room, offices and reception - are not accessible from upstairs without going outside. There is also a small part of the building that I wasn't able to get into which is a flat or small house (the white part and level above in the first photo) which also has no access from inside the main building.
All in all a nice little explore with some interesting stuff to look at. The strangest thing I came across was a small room in the bowels of the building that was crammed floor to ceiling with cheap looking reproduction antique furniture.
Hopefully I've not gone overboard with the pictures!
Criticism welcome
