Infirmary Road ‘ski lodge’: Plans drawn up to restore historic Sheffield listed building, rotting for a decade
Infirmary Road ‘ski lodge’: Plans drawn up to restore historic Sheffield listed building, rotting for a decade.
It is a historic Georgian monument that has been left to deteriorate on the side of a major Sheffield road for more than ten years.
However, plans have been drawn up to restore the famous Sheffield Infirmary Lodge, located on Infirmary Road and dating back to the late 1700s.
Originally constructed as the entrance to Sheffield Royal Infirmary, the structure has been vacant since 2012.
It was temporarily utilised as a shop connected to the former Sheffield Ski Village, but has not been used since that facility closed.
It has degraded to the point where it’requires urgent repair work’. It has degraded to the point where it’requires urgent repair work’.
They have submitted a planning application to Sheffield Council, requesting permission to proceed with plans to make changes inside and outside the property as part of an effort to rehabilitate it.
It would include roof repairs, window and door replacements, and rainwater detailing.
Montagu Evans, a property consultancy, informed the council in a letter accompanying the application that the building is in disrepair and required urgent repair work.
The proposed works in this application aim to repair and improve the listed building to ensure its long-term survival.”The current proposal focused solely on the building’s repair, hence a listed building permit application was submitted.
A future planning submission is expected after a new use for the building has been identified. The designs call for removing and replacing the timber floor.
The roof would be completely dismantled and replaced. According to the documents, windows and doors would be replaced on a 1:1 basis. The structure has been classified since 1973.
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