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‘Property Oscars’ here we come!!

Thursday, February 17th, 2011

We’re known locally, regionally and nationally for our ‘iconic’ building… glorious red brick free standing ‘house’ with a 93ft chimney soaring high out above Kelham Island. So when we where asked to enter the RICS Awards we jumped straight in.

Known as the region’s ‘Property Oscars’, the awards celebrate the most inspirational regional initiatives and developments in land, property, construction and the environment.

The nominations in each category span a range of companies and projects, from small schemes achieved by the vision of one person to globally recognised developments with significant budgets.

The Chimney House is a finalist in the highly competitive ‘Building Conservation’ category – the entry was complied of a 1,500 word entry – written by LARK and beautifully designed by 93ft.

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Cream of the Crop – Restaurant & Bar Design Awards

Friday, February 11th, 2011

We’re delighted to say that we’re in amongst some of the best in the UK… with our beloved Chimney House cruising into the Restaurant & Bar Design Awards for Identity and Website.

Our Pop up Dining Hall rules supreme being hot to trot and rubbing ID’s with some of the best in the biz. Creators 93ft have pulled out every stop across the board on print and online to place us in an all London agency ruled line-up (oh – there is one from Glasgow as well)

Keep very posted for the announcement….

And in the meantime check out the competition!

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It’s a Sign of The Chimney House Times

Wednesday, November 24th, 2010

Great excitement at The Chimney House today with a can of white paint…

The Chimney House Logo, Sheffield Meeting Room

No more will we have lost drivers saying … ooo we didn’t know you were there – and also people walking past the chimney stack saying ooo we didn’t see the chimney…


We admit that we did rather like the secret nature of a seemingly invisible 93ft chimney – but we have succumb to temptation of seeing what the final touches to our brand looks like…

We like!

A lot….

And the sun came out… which means universal approval in our book!

Just in time for The House Party!!

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Pop Up Christmas Shop! Ta Da!

Thursday, November 11th, 2010

We’re loving teaming up with the best brands in the UK… and we’re enjoying our season of ‘Pop ups’ -  Our Pop Up Dining Hall naturally has been king of the castle since we opened – but with the advent of Christmas and a little present sniper snapping at our heels we figured we should help everyone out by supplying on tap presents.

How?? Oh wonderous problem solver…is caught hanging in the air…

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MADE FESTIVAL – Nice treats for you from The Chimney House!

Friday, September 3rd, 2010

Being a veritable hot bed of entrepreneurial zest, zeal and success (blush) here  on our Kelham Island, Sheffield with The Chimney House, LARK and 93ft – we’ve teamed up with MADE to give you a little gift  to make your attendance and undivided attention on the 10th and 11th of September a little easier.

We figure everyone needs a hand to get ahead so feeling all ‘Friday-esque’ and from one entrepreneur to another contact me immediately to receive our exclusive discounts …we’re not talking pence here… we’re talking HUNDREDS of pounds!! Drop a line to sally@thechimneyhouse.com before the 7th Sept at 6pm.

Here’s the blurb…

School for Start-ups are bringing their national tour to our fair City of Sheffield to deliver what they hail a ‘remarkable boot camp’ led by BBC2′s Dragons Den investor Doug Richard.

The event… which we are presuming you will already know about is called MADE in 48hrs and is designed to accelerate the growth of your business literally in 48hrs…

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Chair Scrubbers

Thursday, August 19th, 2010

You know you’ve arrived when you get hailed as a ‘chair scrubber’ ….

Meant in the nicest possible way I’m sure (?) but a poignant thought for a Sunday morning nonetheless.

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Community Assemblies host ‘meet your neighbours for afternoon tea’

Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010

We are absolutely delighted to be hosting this event… what an amazing way to actually have your say… so many of us love to comment on what we’d do better, what we’d like to see… and so this is your chance!!!

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Sarah

Friday, July 30th, 2010

When house guests arrive at The Chimney House for The Front Room and The Meeting Room we are delighted that  people bombard us with chimney questions… what was the building used for… what did the chimney do… is that the chimney (pointing at it)…why have you got an elephant painted on it?

The answer to the latter … ‘because an elephant called Sarah used to live here’… provokes a stunned look followed by an absolute delight… ‘REALLY???? HERE? and then the story unfolds…

But really you have to come here and find out for yourself the next bit…we’ll be happy to tell you all!!  But in the meantime… here she is as her fabulous eli self… a true beauty and we love her!

Check out Kelham Island signage in the background and you can just see the chimney of the House!

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All About our Pop Up Dining Hall (Come Dine With Me/Us!)

Tuesday, May 18th, 2010

Let us ponder carefully about this… would you 1. Love to get all of your coolest friends and dearest pals, colleagues together in your home or 2. Love to get all of your coolest friends and dearest pals, colleagues together in The Chimney House?

So far the polls have come back rather fondly in favour of the latter.

So lets Dinner Party!!!

We’re hosting some amazing dining events at The Chimney House… this is what happens…

The Meeting Room is transformed into a dining hall… ambient and sultry lights down low add in a stack of candles and beautiful stems of the most divine florals and you are catching the vibe.

Cool tunes naturally. Food which is tailor made to measure… menus which are created rather than printed out. We’re interested in doing nice things for you… and what better place to start than how to eat your way through the next 3 hours.

We’re into gastro feasting and work with the best chefs who make the most of the best locally produced and sourced delights that our Yorkshire can kick up at us. We especially love working with The Milestone as they get our crazy musings about what is possible. They source local and their food is not only multi-award winning – and Jay Rayner holds them in super high esteem as well!

The Front Room is the first port of call for a boho little drinks reception – room to circulate the room and of course to admire our lights (everyone admires the lights) You’ll probably get snacks as well… others call them canapés… we don’t – purely for that reason.

Onwards and upwards up a candle-lit stairwell for your grand entrance into your dining hall… the rest they say can’t be told… more to be experienced.

There is the small matter about guests leaving… they don’t ever seem to want to go… I guess we could do a pop up campsite as well as pop up dining… we’ve got a heated floor…. Mmmm deluxe camping….

The other point worthy of a tinny mention is that we’re rather booked up… I take it as a sign of appreciation for our zany lights… maybe everyone wants a peek…

Dinner Parties at The Chimney House start from £45 per head and are based on a minimum of 20 guests. For an informal light viewing (and a bite to eat) drop a line to info@thechimneyhouse.com

Happy Feasters from Irwin Mitchell!


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The Squad Gathers: La Squadra at The Chimney House

Friday, May 14th, 2010

Aim for the chimney we told our La Squadra guests…when asked how to find The Chimney House… which seemed to work really quite well until somebody pointed out when in the old industrial heartland of Kelham Island there was a couple of options on rather tall chimneys… I maintain ours is by far the largest…

Chimney size aside – and onto business.

Question. How do you welcome members of La Squadra to the inaugural meet?

Answer. Take one restored grade II listed Chimney House, fill it with amazing food from Nonnas, perfectly chilled beers (courtesy of Nonnas) put our drapers cabinet to good use and cram it with 93ft designed jerseys, show off the new Planet X Nanolight road bike and Exocet time trial bike, throw in some chilled ambiance and lots of eye candy (rare mags, maps, collectors items, posters and books) carefully selected by Marco (Gusto Cycling ) and you’ve pretty much got the basis for plenty of hearty bike chat.

The Chimney House was a hive of industry…  at one point a queue had formed going from the design office where Nick was signing new members up curving down the stairs, members trying on jerseys, The purloining of food by Mini (check the pics), training schedules being swopped and new people meeting each other, plans hatched and adventures in the making being created with chat of European trips.

Delighted you all came down – comments were really great for the evening and of course about the squad. Happy to report there was barely a skerit left and our drapers cabinet is looking particularly roomy this morning.

Members of La Squadra I salute you…

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