Chesterfield Town Hall – Steel City Snapper photography

The frontage of Chesterfield town hall is attractive and makes for a good photographic subject. While Sheffield town hall is a very nice building, the fact it is surrounded on three sides by roads and buildings means that finding a good vantage-point to see it at its best is more difficult. Chesterfield on the other hand has a large expanse of park in front of the building, with a path lading up to the main entrance of the building. There’s a road with a lot of car parking spaces directly in front, but these are obscured by the rise of the hill and the stone steps at the top.

I’ve posted photographs of the building before, here.

With ornate columns
Shining bright in the sunshine
A sight to behold

Olympus XA3 & Ilford HP5+ (@800asa). Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 10mins @ 20°

Taken on 25 October 2021

Chesterfield town hall is quite an impressive looking building. It sits atop a hill overlooking a small piece of parkland that has been landscaped to provide a good view of the structure’s front facade.

It’s built in a classical style, and was erected in the1930s. It’s very different in style to the town hall building of nearby Sheffield, and a number of other towns and cities through the neigbouring county of South Yorkshire.

The central section of the stucture is formed from a series of columns suporting a triangular roof. I’m not especially knowlegeable about classical architecture, so can’t say exactly what style it’s in, but it’s impressive nonetheless. Caught in good light, the structure casts wonderful, contrasty shadows around the arched entranceways.

Minolta SRT 101b, Rokkor 50mm f/1.7 & Ilford HP5+.

Taken on 27 February 2020

Tag: Chesterfield Town Hall

Up to Chesterfield town hall

Three views of Chesterfield town hall