tozzin Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 Such a crying shame that the Athol has succumbed to the wrecking ball, utter stupidity by the clowns in the big top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemmy117 Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 Looks more like controlled demolition for future re-building. https://www.heartofcity2.com/masterplan/ Nigel L Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boginspro Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 1 hour ago, Lemmy117 said: Looks more like controlled demolition for future re-building. Looks to me more like someone is making a lot of money by destroying what is left of old Sheffield. I have seen, often through this site, a lot of the new constructions in Sheffield and dread to think what might appear on this site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tozzin Posted October 11, 2019 Author Share Posted October 11, 2019 12 hours ago, Lemmy117 said: Looks more like controlled demolition for future re-building. https://www.heartofcity2.com/masterplan/ Nigel L To be sure it's a controlled demolition but it has to be doesn't it, they can't just knock it down with people in close proximity, I've seen the plans and it's another bland horrible building, no foresight at all, despite the arguments put forward by the council, unsafe etc it the Athol could and should have been part of the new building, in fact why wasn't it reopened as a pub? there's no pubs on Pinstone Street or the Moor. The Pepperpot that has been saved is only part of the original topping of the building, it was originally a turret type affair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tozzin Posted October 11, 2019 Author Share Posted October 11, 2019 2 hours ago, tozzin said: To be sure it's a controlled demolition but it has to be doesn't it, they can't just knock it down with people in close proximity, I've seen the plans and it's another bland horrible building, no foresight at all, despite the arguments put forward by the council, unsafe etc it the Athol could and should have been part of the new building, in fact why wasn't it reopened as a pub? there's no pubs on Pinstone Street or the Moor. The Pepperpot that has been saved is only part of the original topping of the building, it was originally a turret type affair. Just been on Pinstone Street looks like to Pepperpot has gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southside Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 On 10/10/2019 at 13:18, tozzin said: Such a crying shame that the Athol has succumbed to the wrecking ball, utter stupidity by the clowns in the big top. It's been a long time since you could get a pint in the Athol ! https://www.sheffieldhistory.co.uk/forums/topic/5283-athol-hotel/?tab=comments#comment-31541 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boginspro Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 I sometimes called in the Athol, the pub was interesting but the beer was awful so I drank Guinness. I also stood under the Pepper Pot a few times, I used Faie et Cie for my motor bike and car insurance, they were above the tailors shop and right under the Pepper Pot with their door being on Cambridge Street. As for the new development, it is said that the frontages will mostly be kept but if this picture has anything to go by the street level will not be in keeping with the upper floors and there is going to be a very tall monstrosity over shadowing everything. Also the whole thing is going to be broken up by a boring building where the Athol was, surely the common sense thing would have been to take the fake Tudor cladding off the Athol and restore the Victorian frontage which must be almost intact underneath, therefore keeping some kind of symmetry . I often wonder about the sanity of architects and town planners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southside Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 A couple of Picture Sheffield Photographs of what the area opposite the Pepper Pot building was like before and after development in the 1890s, http://picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?searchterms=Pinstone+street&action=search&keywords=all%3BCONTAINS%3B%Pinstone%%3BAND%3Ball%3BCONTAINS%3B%street%%3B And a map of the same area in 1890 https://www.old-maps.co.uk/#/Mp/435500/387500/13/10045a3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boginspro Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 There was a very good picture of the area on the excellent 2015 calendar by SteveHB which also shows the Roberts Brothers building, another one that was replaced by boring concrete. Note the plaque "The Moor Head 1882" For me I would just prefer the whole lot back. https://www.sheffieldhistory.co.uk/forums/topic/15346-sheffield-history-calendar-2015/?tab=comments#comment-131179 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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