Millowners Arms, Sheffield

Opened by HRH Duke of Gloucester, the Millowners was created from a derelict storeroom in 2013 as Horbury Joinery’s third project carried out for the Sheffield Industrial Museums Trust at Kelham Island. It hosts displays of Sheffield brewing heritage showcasing long-lost local breweries. The £60,000 project was funded by the River Don Millowners Association.

The project started with a strip out of the steel frame mezzanine floor and damp-proof treatment. The existing cast iron circular roof support columns remain and have been incorporated into the design. As part of the construction MWS Joinery Ltd built in an original C17th. stone fireplace, taken from the defunct Travellers pub (Wadsley Bridge).

The design is of a typical old pub as decorated in the 1970’s, even down to the reclaimed telephone box outside and the nicotine stained walls. It also includes a ‘sheffield’ dartboard. The doors and windows have been acid etched with the pub name, the bar has been made to measure complete with glass shelves and reclaimed beer pumps, period radiators and light fittings.