I am really pleased that those grotty buildings at the bottom of Spittal Hill have gone and that Dyson House is going to be pulled down as well, but there are certain buildings that I wish could be saved.

The ones that I am sad to see go are those on the corner of West Street and Leopold Street. They are beautiful old buildings and they are going to be replaced by a monsterous carbunkle.

It's a real shame.

I thought they were just selling the old Education Building on Leopold Street to be internal converted??

Surely they cant knock it down:confused:

So did I! Surely the building on the corner of West St/Leopold St is a listed building??

The rather useful imagesofengland dot org dot uk (i have not posted enough to post web links yet) is a publically acessible list of listed buildings although the search facilities are rather primitive it should be able to tell you if the building was listed before 2001.

If it is listed, or in a conservation area, there will have to be a planning application before the demolition of the building.

If it is not listed, and is interesting, and under threat then it may be worth considering applying to have the building spot listed.

of course they're not pulling it down. they're refurbishing it. and its going to look stunning.

Originally posted by LL200
of course they're not pulling it down. they're refurbishing it. and its going to look stunning.

Well they have demolished it at the back.

Originally posted by HendryVIII
I am really pleased that those grotty buildings at the bottom of Spittal Hill have gone and that Dyson House is going to be pulled down as well, but there are certain buildings that I wish could be saved.

The ones that I am sad to see go are those on the corner of West Street and Leopold Street. They are beautiful old buildings and they are going to be replaced by a monsterous carbunkle.

It's a real shame.

The only new building they are putting up is were the gap is on the West Street side.
More info here
http://www.leopoldsq.com/

Originally posted by HendryVIII
Well they have demolished it at the back.

They're only demolishing non-listed buildings and refurbishing the listed to give a selection of restaurants, bars and a 4-star boutique hotel. I think it's one of the most promising schemes in Sheffield at the moment.

Originally posted by laalaa
They're only demolishing non-listed buildings and refurbishing the listed to give a selection of restaurants, bars and a 4-star boutique hotel. I think it's one of the most promising schemes in Sheffield at the moment.

Go and have a look at shalesmoor, I'm sure they have pulled down at least 2 listed buildings that I know of and they had pulled some more down when I drove past last night. The only building left standing that has any character left down there is the Nichols Building. Sheffield city council seem to have no regard for the Cities history when it comes to putting in new roads.

I noticed the other day that part of the building on the corner of Leopold St was down, but that the frontage itself was still standing. I'm guessing they are going to build a new 'back' to it, like they did with the old Morton's building.

Hugh

Originally posted by HughW
I noticed the other day that part of the building on the corner of Leopold St was down, but that the frontage itself was still standing. I'm guessing they are going to build a new 'back' to it, like they did with the old Morton's building.

Hugh
Yes, I went by it yesterday on the bus and the frontage and the side of the building is still there, but the back is almost down - there is a mini JCB sitting inside it.

lordy be they're not knocking that building down properly - even sheffield council aren't that bad.

Originally posted by laalaa
I think it's one of the most promising schemes in Sheffield at the moment. So were the Odeon & Roxy a few years back, and look at how much we laugh at the monstruosity...

Originally posted by Captain_Scarlet
So were the Odeon & Roxy a few years back, and look at how much we laugh at the monstruosity...

They're not really comparable though, as this project will be using the original frontage rather than being built from scratch. Judging from the developer's success with Deansgate Locks in Manchester they seem to be very successful at doing that too.

If you just preserve the frontage of a building, and demolish the rest of it, then the development is considered to be a new build and is VAT free. If you actually undertake to restore a historic building then the developer has to pay VAT. This is why you get rubbish solutions such as the preservation of facades rather than an effort to find a new use for an entire building.

Originally posted by Captain_Scarlet
So were the Odeon & Roxy a few years back, and look at how much we laugh at the monstruosity...

Are you seriously attempting to make a comparison there?

Originally posted by AndrewC
lordy be they're not knocking that building down properly - even sheffield council aren't that bad.


Can you expand on that comment Andrew?