Peveril of the Peak
Manchester
After my last upload, a debt had to be duly paid and so Saturday morning was a trip into Manchester for shopping, but the good thing is that Mrs R prefers "browsing" on her own without me mopping behind. Hence we have a sound arrangement and I can wander off with my camera instead. I've been meaning to snap this well known landmark for ages but it really need some sunshine to showcase it in its full splendour. Apologies for the obvious angle but there's no point in uploading a quirky angle first when showing the architecture of this building. Tried to find some local history about the place but surprisingly there is very little but I've included what I've found...
The Peveril Of The Peak is one of Manchester's most celebrated pubs, not least because of its two tone green tiled exterior. A place that time forgot, a Victorian curiosity tucked behind the more modern Bridgewater Hall. Sitting on an island of land between Chepstow Street and Bridgewater Street this tile clad Victorian pub certainly stands out from its surroundings. It’s the only ‘detached’ pub in Manchester city centre that you can walk right around.
The Grade II-listed building dates back to the 1820s and retains its iconic triangular shape clad with green tiles on all sides (which were added in the 1920s). The name is said to commemorate a horse-drawn stagecoach that ran between Manchester and London. Ironically though, the pub, by the same name in Derbyshire, claims that its name came from a book of the same name by Sir Walter Scott that references Peveril Castle near Castleton in Derbyshire.
Peveril of the Peak
Manchester
After my last upload, a debt had to be duly paid and so Saturday morning was a trip into Manchester for shopping, but the good thing is that Mrs R prefers "browsing" on her own without me mopping behind. Hence we have a sound arrangement and I can wander off with my camera instead. I've been meaning to snap this well known landmark for ages but it really need some sunshine to showcase it in its full splendour. Apologies for the obvious angle but there's no point in uploading a quirky angle first when showing the architecture of this building. Tried to find some local history about the place but surprisingly there is very little but I've included what I've found...
The Peveril Of The Peak is one of Manchester's most celebrated pubs, not least because of its two tone green tiled exterior. A place that time forgot, a Victorian curiosity tucked behind the more modern Bridgewater Hall. Sitting on an island of land between Chepstow Street and Bridgewater Street this tile clad Victorian pub certainly stands out from its surroundings. It’s the only ‘detached’ pub in Manchester city centre that you can walk right around.
The Grade II-listed building dates back to the 1820s and retains its iconic triangular shape clad with green tiles on all sides (which were added in the 1920s). The name is said to commemorate a horse-drawn stagecoach that ran between Manchester and London. Ironically though, the pub, by the same name in Derbyshire, claims that its name came from a book of the same name by Sir Walter Scott that references Peveril Castle near Castleton in Derbyshire.