Part of Sheffield’s Old Coroners Court on Nursery Street has been demolished and is set to be turned into a block of flats.
The building overlooks the River Don and dates back to 1913 and also contains the mortuary, post mortem rooms and a viewing chapel.
Hallamshire Historic Buildings (HHB) have received a video and images indicating “this might be the end for the Old Coroner’s Court.”
Facebook user Emmie Lillie Daviiess said: “its a beautiful building, why cant they just repair it. Its such a shame.”
In 2019, HHB created a petition to protect the building with an Article 4 direction which serves to protect development rights.
Plans for demolition of the building were previously rejected back in 2019 by Sheffield’s Council’s planning committee, but the following year were overruled by a planning inspector.
Now that building work has started HHB is unsure of the future of the building.
