Former Abbeydale House, designed by Rooke Harrison of Sheffield c1848, for John Rodgers, head of Joseph Rodgers & Sons, cutlery manufacturers. Stucco and ashlar, with hipped slate roof. Italianate style. (English Heritage listing text, 1973) The former grand house of John Rodgers has been much altered through 20th century reuse and is currently in poor condition. The buildings to the rear of the house (presently used as an antiques centre) comprise the original stable block of the house. The 1905 map shows the house (whose gardens were developed between 1891 and 1905 as terraced housing) in use as a 'Sunday School' but by 1924 all these buildings have become part of a 'Laundry' (there are buildings and a chimney relating to this phase surviving to the south of the main house, and to the south of the stables (with an Edwardian tower chimney). Despite reuse these buildings retain their character. Significant legibility.