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PROJECT REPORT: HOTELS, RESTAURANTS & BARS
A former 1970s offi ce building to the rear of the site, Barkers Pool House, was demolished to make way for the main portion of the two-volume hotel
HLM comment that the project was notable for a “commitment to preserving Sheffi eld’s Victorian heritage,” and this ran throughout, having been “integral to the development of the proposals.” By contrast, a former 1970s offi ce building to the rear of the site, Barkers Pool House, was demolished to make way for the main portion of the two-volume hotel, a new addition containing the majority of the 154 bedrooms.
The Heart of the City plan spans different uses in sites across the city, including new Grade A offi ce space, residential developments, restaurants and cafes, leisure destinations, as well as retail and public realm. The arrival of the hotel is a key piece of this puzzle, helping attract new business opportunities to the city, and generally raising its profi le as a destination for business and travel.
Site context
Project lead at HLM Ben Carrack comments that, having “lived and worked in the city,“ HLM were “acutely aware of the opportunity and also the challenges of the site, the responsibility that we had as architects to do this project justice.”
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The block sits to the west of the Peace Gardens, on Pinstone Street, to the rear is Burgess Street, and to the north is Barker’s Pool is a historic street opening up to public realm to the north west, across which is the City Hall. The ‘Block A’ site, like many long- established central urban blocks, saw signifi cant changes during the 20th century, but in the past contained some major civic buildings. Peace Gardens (originally St Paul’s Gardens commemorating St Paul’s Church which was demolished in 1938). A concert hall originally stood on the west corner of the site, on Burgess Street, but this was destroyed by fi re in 1937, replaced by a department store in the 1960s. There had been piecemeal development of the adjacent block, next to what was the Gaumont Theatre facing the City Hall, particularly during the 1970s, including a garage. The theatre was demolished in 1985 and replaced by shops, offi ces and an Odeon cinema, which in turn closed in 1994, becoming a nightclub.
Design response
Bearing in mind the somewhat ad hoc nature of recent development on the
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