St George's Church, Sheffield

St George's Church is a listed building and a former Anglican parish church, which is now part of the University of Sheffield campus, functioning as a lecture theatre and student hostel.

This is the first of the three Commissioners' churches in the city built under the Church Building Act 1818. St George's was also the last one of them to have retained its original form, while still in service.

The church was designed, in Perpendicular Gothic Revival style, by the architects Woodhead and Hurst. It had a flat-ceilinged nave with six bays, a single-bay chancel, and a 140 feet (43 m)-high tower. The foundation stone was laid on 19 July 1821, and the consecration took place on 29 June 1825.

Measuring 122 feet (37 m) long and 67 feet (20 m) wide, it could seat up to 380 people. Eventually, the north and south walls were extended with galleries, plus there was a two-tiered gallery on the west wall added.

After being declared redundant and closed, in 1981, the building stood unused for a number of years until the University of Sheffield acquired it in 1994. In 2010, a nest-box was placed on the rooftop, which is now home to a breeding pair of peregrine falcons that can be seen via live stream webcam.