An application asking for planning permission to turn the old Henderson’s Relish factory on Leavygreave Road into a pub is to be submitted after Sheffield-based company Hadfield Cawkwell Davidson were selected to design the scheme.

Keith Lilley, the Sheffield University Director of estates and facilities management, said he thought the chosen architect’s design ‘really hit the spot’ by incorporating the original house.

Pamela Freeman, managing director of Henderson’s, said: “Having the chance to be part of this project and see the building that was such an important part of our company’s history preserved and brought into public use is fantastic.”

Work on removing lean-to extensions to the building have started.