Firth Court at University of Sheffield, Sheffield

Firth Court is an Edwardian-style, red-brick building that forms part of the Western Bank Campus of the University of Sheffield. It is named after Sheffield steel manufacturer, Mark Firth, who played a key role in the university's early development. The building serves as the main administrative centre for the university, as well as houses the Departments of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology and Biomedical Science.

Firth Court is the first purpose-built facility for the university, constructed between 1903 and 1905, designed by Sheffield-born architect Edward Mitchel Gibbs (1847-1935). It was originally known as the Western Bank Building.

Located to the left of Firth Court, beside Weston Park, is the Rotunda, a two-storey Neo-Gothic-style octagonal chapter house of mellow red-brick and sandstone; it was also designed by Gibbs. Opened as the Edgar Allen Building in 1909 (not be confused with the university's Edgar Allen House at 241 Glossop Road), this building was constructed as a donation from William Edgar Allen, a member of the University Council, to provide a purpose-built library for the university. Replaced by a new main library (Western Bank Library) in the late 1950s, the Rotunda is now used as the Registrar and Secretary's Office.

The Firth Court quadrangle is composed of Firth Hall (formerly known as the Western Bank Building), North Block and West Block, as well as the adjoining Florey and Addison buildings. Both the North and the West blocks were completed in 1914 also by Gibbs, forming three sides of a quadrangle. The forth and the final side of the quadrangle was completed with the addition of the Florey and Addison buildings in the late 1940s. During the Second World War, the quadrangle was converted into an air raid shelter.