 The market closed in 2013 when the Moor Market opened on The Moor, further south in Sheffield city centre, and demolition began in 2015.The oldest part of the building was the Fish and Vegetable Market, constructed in the inter-war period.The remainder of the building was constructed by J. Stuart Mackie and Andrew Derbyshire 
under the auspices of J. L. Womersley between 1960 and 1965.