Council 'steps in' to remove 'unsafe' historic Wiley & Co facade in Sheffield

The Star, Sheffield

Sheffield City Council says it has been forced to 'step in' and remove the historic facade to the former Wiley & Co building on Haymarket in Sheffield which now reportedly poses an "immediate danger" to the public.

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00:00This is the frontage of the former Wylie & Co building on Haymarket, a structure that has

00:04long stood out on Sheppold's High Street for its Tudor-inspired white and black painted wood.

00:08As said, there is only a facade here and there hasn't been a building behind it for years,

00:12but now even the facade itself could largely disappear.

00:17The council says the facade is now at risk of imminent collapse and is posing a real danger

00:20to the public, leading to them quote-unquote stepping in and putting up the scaffolding

00:25you can see behind me. The plan is to remove the black and white Tudor-inspired structure

00:29that everybody knows while quote-unquote preserving as much as possible. Preparations

00:34were carried out over the weekend of September 21st to make the facade safe and remove it entirely,

00:38with Sheppold councillor Ben Miskel saying it will be up to the building's owner to read

00:41state at a later date if they so choose. The council says if and when the structure is secure

00:47that the area has the potential to be developed, but the council also claims that the site's owner

00:53quote-unquote failed to act when they were invited to make the area safe themselves.

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