Another shop announces planned opening in Sheffield city centre at vacant Leah's Yard site
Shop will replace business which moved out in September
Sheffield is set for a new shop, after a retailer confirmed plans to move into the city centre.
Bosses at the business, Easy Peeler, are taking over one of the shops at Leah’s Yard, on Cambridge Street, and have started work preparing it for its opening.
it is taking over the shop which was previously home to the Gravel Pit arts shop, another retail business, before it closed at the start of September.
The Gravel Pit closed to concentrate on its larger shop, on Abbeydale Road, near Nether Edge.
Easy Peeler has confirmed its plans and says its new home is coming together ‘incredibly fast’. They say said the builders were currently on site, with the shop getting prepped for a ‘blazing orange’ paint job.
Bosses said in a statement: “We’re busy working behind the scenes to secure stock from brilliant indie UK illustrators, ceramicists, and stationery makers so everything is completely fresh for opening week.
“Alongside the art and homeware, we’re stocking a massive lineup of trailing foliage, chunky wavy pots, and architectural shapes. Everything is picked specifically to be hard-to-kill, and pet-friendly, because your home should feel effortless, not high-maintenance.
“.The goal is pretty simple: low-maintenance houseplants, curated art prints, striking homeware objects, and a healthy dose of heavy-weight, high-energy stationery for your desk. No intimidating gallery walls or ridiculous price tags. Just good, joyful design.”
Leah’s Yard is a listed collection of former Little Mesters workshops, set around a courtyard off Cambridge Street, which first opened in 2024.
The duo behind Leah’s Yard, James O’Hara and Tom Wolfenden, started the project four years prior to that
The building is owned by Sheffield City Council and is part of its £470m Heart of the City regeneration project.
It is named after Henry Leah, whose silver stamping business was there for about a century, sharing the city centre premises at various times with up to 20 other businesses.
Before Leah arrived it was known as Cambridge Street Horn Works.