Plans to close well-known Sheffield neighbourhood pub and turn it into children's nursery
Plans have been drawn up to permanently close a once popular Sheffield pub, and open a children’s nursery in its place.
Sheffield Council has received a planning application which could mean the Mason’s Arms, Carson Road, Crookes has called last orders for good.
The Mason’s was refurbished as a pub as recently as 2020, and was running as a pub - restaurant in 2025.
But the planning application from Carlette Sarahyreh would see the venue changed, with children’s activity areas and administration officers replacing the bar and pool table, and an outside activities area replacing the beer garden.
A planning statement accompanying the application states: “The proposal seeks permission for the conversion and internal reconfiguration of the existing building to provide a nursery facility accommodating approximately 65 children, with associated staff facilities, outdoor play space and limited on-site drop-off parking.
“The proposed nursery will operate between 7am and 7pm Monday to Friday, 52 weeks per year, closing only on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day.
“The development will provide an important community facility serving local families, supporting childcare provision in the Crookes area while making productive use of an existing building.”
The new venue would employ 15 staff, according to the application.
Last year, the pub was being run as a pub and burger restaurant, by businessman Mitchell Hinchliffe, having been opened in that guise in October 2024. However it subsequently closed.
One of the room had been converted into a restaurant area, with the second room remaining a more traditional bar, with darts board and pool table.
Prior to that, it had been given a makeover by its then new landlords Brandon Hoult and Jamie Tuxford, in 2020, shortly before the coronavirus lockdown that year.
It is one of a number of pubs in Crookes.