If you’ve ever gone for a Chinese meal on Westfield Terrace you’re probably unaware that in this pretty backwater Nos.13-15 are Grade II listed. Presumably the tenant at No.15 didn’t know either, as all three of his signs have been
The saga of the old Post Office in Fitzalan Square has been going on for a long time and it’s hard to believe that it actually closed way back in 1999. Its closure and consequent loss of foot fall in
When you’re driving down ‘Posh Car-Dealers Alley’ aka Attercliffe Road, you may not have noticed a large rather numb looking red-brick building near the junction with Weedon Street. Old Tinsley Tramsheds have stood there since 1874 and I could never
When “all you can eat” Chinese buffets were all the rage, one of the first ones in Sheffield was in the old Gas Offices on Commercial Street. The building was renamed Canada House – a name which never really suited
Fantastic news that the University Arms pub on Western Bank has been declared an Asset of Community Value which gives it a reprieve (possibly temporary) from demolition. This pub, and the delightful Victorian backwater to the rear, were all set
Sheffield has several modern listed buildings and one of them was so very nearly lost in 2011 when the Council in their wisdom frantically tried to get it de-listed. When Grade II listed Castle House on Angel Street was built
It’s difficult to believe that the Council have nodded through a scheme which will have an adverse effect on one of Sheffield’s most important buildings. Love it or loathe it, the University Arts Tower is listed Grade II* and has
Prior to 1996 when the new Law Courts opened, if you found yourself hauled before the County Court you would have made your way to Bank Street. Here, at No. 56 you would have walked under a very impressive Coat
Grade II listed Pye Bank School has been a prominent part of Sheffield’s skyline since it was first opened in 1875. Designed by Innocent and Brown in a Gothic Revival style it really is an eye-catcher and probably best viewed
It looks like there are to be even more flats at the bottom end of Ecclesall Road, just when we thought they couldn’t possibly cram anymore in. This time it’s on part of the Waitrose car-park in the recycling area
