List of tallest buildings and structures in Sheffield

This list ranks building and structures in Sheffield, England, by height.

Tallest existing buildings and structures

The tallest existing buildings and structures above 50 metres (164 ft), as of April 2018, in Sheffield are listed below.[1] Grey panels indicate that the building was the tallest in the city at the time of its completion.

Tallest habitable buildings

Rank	Name	Completed	Use	Height		Floors	Image	Notes
				metres	feet
1	St Paul's Tower	2010	Residential	101	331	32		[2]
2	Arts Tower	1965	University	78	256	20		[3]
3	Royal Hallamshire Hospital	1974	Hospital	76	249	17		[4]
4	New Era Square	2018	Residential	66	217	21		[5]
	Velocity Tower	2009	Residential	66	217	22		[6]
6	The Gate	2020 (under construction)	Residential	64	210	21
7	Sheffield Town Hall	1896	Government	61	200	6		[7]
8	Hollis Croft	2019	Residential	60	197	18
9	Vita Student Sheffield	1972	Residential	56	184	16		[8]
10	Queen Anne Court	1958	Residential	55	180	13
11	Redvers House	1971	Office	54	177	14		[9]
12	Steelworks House	2022 (under construction)	Residential	53	174	17
13	Fusion Students Sheffield	2021 (under construction)	Residential	52	171	17
14	Knight House	2019	Residential	51	167	17
	iQuarter	2008	Residential	51	167	17		[10]
16	Pennine Centre	1975	Office	50	164	13		[11]

Other tallest structures

Rank	Name	Completed	Use	Height		Floors	Image	Notes
				metres	feet
1	Sheffield EfW Plant	2006	Industrial chimney	75	246	-		[12]
2	St John's Church, Ranmoor	1879	Church spire	61	200	-		[13]
3	Cathedral Church of St Marie	1850	Church spire	60	197	-		[14]
4	Tapton Hill Radio Tower	1967	Broadcasting tower	57	187	-		[15]

Tallest approved and proposed buildings and structures

This is a list of all approved and proposed buildings and structures in Sheffield over 50 metres in height.

Rank	Name	Use	Height		Floors	Notes
			metres	feet
1	Sheaf Tower, Sheffield Hallam University	Mixed use			37
2	Pinstone Street/ Union Street Tower	Residential			32
3	Furnival Square Tower	Residential			21
4	West Bar, Block 1	Residential	90	295	26	[16]
5	West Bar, Block 2	Residential	84	276	26	[17]
6	MoorSheffield, Block 1	Residential	79	259	26	[18]
7	Weston Tower Redevelopment	Residential	75	246	23	[19]
8	Hanover House Redevelopment	Residential	72	236	22	[20]
9	23 Furnival Gate	Residential	65	213	19	[21]
10	1 Furnival Square	Office	64	210	16	[22]
11	West Bar, Block 1	Office	62	203	14	[23]
12	3 St. Paul's Place	Office	59	194	13	[24]
13	West Bar, Block 11	Office	53	174	12	[25]
14	Roscoe Road Development, Block 9	University	52	171	18	[26]

Tallest demolished buildings and structures

This list shows the tallest buildings in structures in Sheffield of at least 30 metres in height that have been demolished.

Rank	Name	Demolished	Use	Height		Floors	Image	Notes
				metres	feet
1	Bernard Road Incinerator	2001	Chimney	75	246	-		[27]
2	Hyde Park Flats, Block B	1992	Residential	56	184	19		[28]
3	Herdings Towers Building C	1996	Residential	34	125	13		[29]

Timeline of tallest buildings

Years tallest	Name	Use	Height		Floors	Notes
			metres	feet
1430–1850 (420 years)	Sheffield Cathedral	Church	49	161	n/a	[30]
1850–1896 (46 years)	Cathedral Church of St Marie	Church	60	197	n/a	[14]
1879–1896 (17 years)	St John's Church, Ranmoor	Church	60	197	n/a
1896–1965 (69 years)	Sheffield Town Hall	Government	61	200	6	[7]
1965–2010 (45 years)	Arts Tower	University	78	256	20	[3]
2010–present (10 years)	St. Paul's Tower	Residential	101	331	32	[2]

See also

• Brutalism in Sheffield, for a list of brutalism-era council apartment blocks in the city which do not make this list.

References

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27. "Bernard Road Incinerator, Sheffield | 396439". Emporis. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
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