The Big Gun Wicker: Historic Sheffield pub building set for new lease of life as work begins
by www.thestar.co.uk
www.thestar.co.uk— A historic Sheffield pub which closed after more than 200 years looks set for a new lease of life, but not as a watering hole. The Big Gun on the Wicker, just outside Sheffield city centre, which dated back to 1790, shut for good in September 2023. The celebrated heritage pub, famed for the sign declaring it ‘a nice pub for nice people’, had been the last pub on a street which once boasted numerous options for punters. Eight months later work is well underway renovating the premises, though its...
www.thestar.co.uk—Big Gun Wicker: Work at historic Sheffield pub done 'without appropriate permission'. Building work at a historic Sheffield pub has taken place ‘without appropriate permission’, the council says. The Star recently reported how the former Big Gun pub on the Wicker, just outside Sheffield city centre, looked to be set for a new lease of life. The pub, which dated back to 1790, had shut for good in September 2023. When The Star visited last month, work to the exterior of the pub had already been carried out, with rumours it was being converted into either a pizzeria or a...
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