Sheaf House
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Sheaf House was a nine storey tower building lying on Sheaf Square, next to Sheffield Midland station, in the city centre of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England.
The building was situated on the former Pond Street Goods station, closed on 7 October 1961. Land was cleared during 1963 to make way for the new offices. Sheaf House was built in concrete, metal, plastic and glass and opened in 1965. The building housed 500 staff who had been transferred from the Midland Railway old offices in Norfolk House. Line control offices at Rotherham Westgate and Victoria were closed and transferred to Sheaf House, becoming British Rail's Sheffield Division headquarters.
The building was demolished in late 2005 to make way for the redevelopment of Sheaf Square. This action featured on Channel 4's Demolition television programme.
There had previously been several proposals for refurbishing the building, including transforming it into a 180 bedroom hotel.
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