The building collapse in Sheffield

[Bill Wright]

Not THE Peter Sutcliffe?

Bill

[PeterC]

But Bill, without /your/ pictures we won't go over our d/l limit this month

- only a week to go!

[RJH]

:-)

[Mike Tomlinson]

En el artículo , Bill Wright escribió:

First thought is that building is double-fronted, whereas the properties either side are single-fronted, so it most likely is two knocked into one. I wonder if the supporting structure holding up the combined front wall post conversion was strong enough. It may have been removed to open up the ground floor, which according to a link posted later in the thread, was a restaurant.

Bit surprised that it's to be demolished - it doesn't look unrecoverable to me. Beam across the front, jack roof up, new front wall, reinstate interior wall(s), reinstate floors, plaster, splash of contract magnolia, ram full of students.

Probably uninsured?

[The Natural Philosopher]

How many students can you fit onto one satellite dish?

[The Natural Philosopher]

No, the other one.

[Andy Burns]

I thought that was a Tele2 dish?

[Nightjar]

One of the news reports suggest demolishing an internal supporting wall was the cause. That could have been holding up the ends of two beams.

Agreed. I can see no signs of damage or cracking in any of the visible walls and no broken glass in any of the upper windows, which suggests no distortion of their frames.

The Council seems to have issued the demolition order. Perhaps they have other plans for the site.

Colin Bignell

[fred]

Duh, has no-one on this group got a sense of humour any more :-?

[fred]

Indeed, clearly his fault . . . .

[Andrew Gabriel]

Or might be that making it safe would take too long from the road closure and adjacent buildings closure perspective.

[damduck-egg]

An astranomical number.

G.Harman

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Sky's the limit.

[jgharston]

I've been badgering the council for years telling them they should buy that block and demolish it so the road alignment can be improved. It last came up for sale just a couple of years ago. Along that road the development control line is about five metres back from the carriageway along the whole length of road, and that's the only building that's left sticking out over it.

BTW, that part of "Broad Lane" is actually Brook Hill. Broad Lane starts at the junction with Beet Street. If this building is demolished, then there would no longer be any "Brook Hill" addresses this side of Brook Hill roundabout to confuse anybody.

JGH

[Nightjar]

So, by issuing a demolition order, they can impose that development control line on the site without the cost of buying it. Looking at the satellite image, the back of the building is in line with the front of adjacent buildings, which will not leave much of the site for redevelopment.

As I found when trying to locate the property on Google Maps, using the information in the news reports.

Colin Bignell

[Nightjar]

I wouldn't know a Tele2 dish if it bit me. However, the one that was mounted on the bit of wall that has collapsed, looked fairly average size to me.

Colin Bignell

[The Medway Handyman]

It's customary & polite to provide a link.

[Mike Tomlinson]

In article , Grimly Curmudgeon writes

So you're a cunning linguist?

[jgharston]

In a bizarre twist, the offy in the remaining bit of building may have its alcohol licence revoked for underage sales. I wonder if the application wil be defered. ;)

This is all reminding me of the Corn Exchange story. The Sheffield Corn Exchange used to be at the north end of Sheaf Street. The plans for the Sheffield Parkway had to be jiggled around to avoid it. One night it mysteriously burned down.... Bingo, no more obstruction to get the Sheffield Parkway into the city centre.

JGH

[Mike Tomlinson]

In article , jgharston writes

Private Eye's Nooks and Corners column is full of stories about inconvenient buildings that mysteriously "go on fire".