Sheffield, South Yorkshire
The Ball
Inn.
A hilltop freehold site above the city, with an established residential planning history — a rare, ready-to-move development opportunity.
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A hilltop freehold site above the city, with an established residential planning history — a rare, ready-to-move development opportunity.
Sitting on an elevated, south-facing plot with uninterrupted views across Sheffield, the site pairs the characterful stone-built Ball Inn with adjoining land — one mile from the city centre.
The Ball Inn has watched over Myrtle Road for well over a century — a stone-built local that served generations of Heeley families from the hilltop. Local histories record The Wednesday — the club that became Sheffield Wednesday — playing here between 1870 and 1877, on what was then the only flat pitch in the district.
The pub poured its last pint in 2012. This scheme doesn't erase that story — it continues it. The original stone shell, chimney breasts and generous proportions are preserved and become characterful apartments, while the new building rises quietly alongside. Modern homes, anchored by a landmark the neighbourhood already knows.
And every home inherits the Inn's greatest asset: an unobstructed, south-facing panorama across the whole of Sheffield — a view the local press has called simply "stunning". The city skyline by day, a carpet of lights by night.
The full story of The Ball Inn — its hilltop and its place in football history →
The site carries a track record of local authority planning consent for the conversion of the historic inn alongside a new residential block. That consent has since lapsed — but the complete design package, from full architectural drawings to site surveys and massing studies, is ready to hand over and to support a fresh application.
Both variants are fully drawn — or bring an alternative vision; the plot lends itself to other residential schemes too, subject to planning. The buyer chooses the route from day one. See sample plans →
Full prospectus available on requestSharp Invest Ltd. was established with a single, deliberate focus: to acquire and deliver The Ball Inn. The freehold purchase, the planning strategy, the architectural design — every stage has been carried by a small, hands-on team of directors, architects and planning specialists who know this site down to the last drawing.
No sprawling portfolio, no distractions — one landmark site, carried carefully from acquisition through to a fully worked development scheme, and now ready for its next owner to take forward.
Request the full investment prospectus — site plans, planning history and development appraisal. If neither drawn scheme fits your plans, our architects can prepare a bespoke feasibility study around your requirements.