Well Meadow Street Crucible Furnace, Sheffield

The Well Meadow Street Crucible Furnace is part of 35 Well Meadow Street, a series of industrial buildings that are Grade II star listed buildings. These are considered some of the city's most important industrial monuments.

The Well Meadow Street complex includes the crucible furnace, the courtyard, two attached workshops, and the owner's house. It was developed in 1840 by the established industrial firm of Samuel Peace, which made small hand and farm tools. The manufacturing process included primary steel production in the crucible furnace and finishing the final product in the adjacent workshop.

The building is constructed from brick with stone details and a slate roof. The furnace has vertical iron straps, six crucible holes, and a brick cellar. Each of the workshops is three stories high. Like the furnace, they are made of brick.

Manufacturing at the Well Meadow Street facility ceased in 1926. Most of the housing and buildings around the complex were demolished, while the few buildings left became derelict.