Milestone in £2.6m restoration of popular Sheffield park cafe celebrated
The popular cafe continues to operate while awaiting restoration
Campaigners are celebrating a major milestone in the £2.6m restoration of a popular Sheffield park cafe.
A planning application has been submitted to rebuild the front of Rose Garden Cafe in Graves Park.
It was closed in July 2022 over fears for its structural safety.
After a public outcry, it was propped up and reopened two years later.
The total estimated cost of the work is £2.6m.
Rebuilding the front wall is the first phase and set to cost £650,000.
A fundraiser has passed £31,000.
The planning application states it is for extensions and alterations to the Rose Garden Cafe, including re-building the front, new windows, doors and mock timber framing, solar panels, a single storey side extension, a single storey rear extension to provide larger kitchen, new toilet and new windows and doors throughout.
The applicant is Sheffield City Council, which acts as the sole corporate trustee of the Graves Park Charity.
The building is operated under a lease by Dukes on the Rose Garden.
The building, which dates to 1927, was listed on the South Yorkshire Local Heritage List on 18 September 2023, recognising its ‘considerable local significance’.