Last orders for The Yorkshire Grey

[HendryVIII]

Time will be called on The Yorkshire Grey on Sunday night.

 

I think it is diabolical that Sheffield City Council have give the go-ahead for a beautiful building that has been standing for over 125 years, to be demolished.

 

I wouldn't mind if they were going to put something worthwhile in its place, but they aren't. They are going to throw up another monstrocity like the new St Paul's Place building - which in my opinion is a blot on the landscape and worse that its predecessor, the Egg Boxes.

 

Sadly, knocking beautiful old buildings seems to be the norm these days. The same thing is happening in London. Wembley Conference Centre, which has been the home of Snooker's Masters for 27 years, is going to be raised to the ground to make way for flats and shops.

 

I am all for getting rid of eyesores like Sheaf House and Dyson House, but The Yorkshire Grey is not an eyesore - it is one of the nicest buildings in Sheffield city centre.

 

The day that the bulldozers start tearing into The Yorkshire Grey, will be a sad one. It will be missed.

[carcrash]

I thought it was going to become a carpark

[HendryVIII]

I thought it was going to become a carpark

Does it really matter what it is going to be?

 

The point that I am trying to make is that The Yorkshire Grey should not be demolished.

[stejen]

it is going to be a car park and if you are going to quote dates research them first it was built in 1933!

[burny]

Don't know why everyone is so shocked I am used to the SCC completely demolishing things that people like and are used too... even when it does good business.

 

Will be a shame but it seems to have just turned into student bar over the last few months/ years anyway and there are more than enough of those IMO anyways.

[Tony]

It was built in the 30's, so it's not especially old. It's not especially interesting as a building, and it's not even been called the YG for that long either. I'll not be mourning its passing.

[HendryVIII]

it is going to be a car park and if you are going to quote dates research them first it was built in 1933!

You are wrong my friend - it was built in 1833, so has been standing for 173 years.

 

This is my source: -

http://www.bbc.co.uk/southyorkshire/content/articles/2004/09/15/yorkshire_grey_feature.shtml

[burny]

Still there are better buildings that have been destroyed in the past.

 

The eggbox as an example was worth 500 of the YG IMO.

 

At least it was an a one off.

[RPG]

You're all wrong

 

The building in its current form hasn't been there all that long (but was built in 1933), as it was given a large extension (before being renamed 'The Yorkshire Grey'). Previous to it being TYG it was called The Minerva Tavern, Minerva & Bar Rio (in Chronological order).

 

There has however been a pub on the site of the Yorkshire Grey since 1833. There used to be 4 pubs there in 1833, now only one remains.

[burny]

Thanks RPG you have obviously done your homework. I still won't miss it tho ... I would be more upset if the one in the Bus Station was to go cos thats been there forever!