Come and see us at next weekend’s Heritage Fair at the Millennium Galleries Saturday 10am – 4pm Sunday 11am – 4pm
Heritage Fair 2025
Thomas Wiley & Co. Haymarket demolition: update
The beautiful and historic neo-Tudor façade of Thomas Wiley & Co. in Haymarket has now been completely and permanently lost, owing to the actions of the site’s developer Brijesh Patel. It was left for five years supported only by scaffolding
Market Tavern demolition update, August 2024
August update: Apologies that events have overtaken us and our website coverage of the now long running saga surrounding Sheffield Council’s demolition of the Market Tavern has been lacking. We are greatly indebted to Now Then magazine for the determined
Save the Market Tavern
News (just before Christmas) of the imminent demolition of Castlegate’s Market Tavern was met with great sadness. Sheffield Council’s Building Control team had deemed the building unsafe and said it must come down. Sad resignation has now been replaced by
Remains of Sheffield’s first workhouse and only cotton mill – Cotton Street and 24 Alma Street 22/01020/FUL
The world is finally catching on to what we all knew.. Time Out Magazine recently voted Sheffield the second best destination for a weekend break in Europe. That should be no great surprise; Sheffield is Britain’s greenest city, with all
Cambridge Street western side historic summary
Cambridge Street western side historic summary By J.Robin Hughes Street history, name and numbering In the early 18th century Coalpit Lane was the main southern exit from Sheffield, although it only gave access to the appallingly bad route over the
A LITTLE BIT OF GEORGIAN SHEFFIELD
Sheffield has one or two little pockets of early buildings which have somehow escaped the bulldozers and one is on a street which few people venture down due to our convoluted traffic systems. I refer to Bank Street which was
SETTING A STABLE ENVIRONMENT
A previous Blog told the story of a large horse hospital in the centre of town at Lady’s Bridge but a little-known smaller site sits less than a mile away. You probably drive past it everyone day at the bottom
THE SHEFFIELD CONSERVATION DEPT NEEDS YOU !
If you care about Sheffield’s Heritage please sign this petition https://www.change.org/p/julie-dore-leader-of-sheffield-city-council-sheffield-city-council-don-t-sack-our-conservation-officers Hallamshire Historic Buildings has very grave concerns about Sheffield City Council’s proposal to dismantle the Planning Dept’s conservation team, a move which would see the two remaining Conservation Officers
CEMETERY’S DOUBLE WHAMMY
Grade II* Sheffield General Cemetery is one of our greatest yet underrated assets and in spite of a recent £3m restoration grant, which was way overdue, it is now under threat from two most unwelcome development proposals. Adjacent to the