Listed pubs in Manchester
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Listed pubs in Manchester are public houses within the city of Manchester, England, that have been designated as listed buildings for their architectural or historic interest. Listing is carried out under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990[1] by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, advised by Historic England.[2][3] The pubs range in date from a mid‑16th‑century structure later converted to licensed use, to buildings of the early 20th century, and include former houses, inns, hotels, a school, and purpose‑built Victorian premises. The pubs show a variety of features recorded in their official entries, such as tiled façades, timber framing, and elements of their original interiors, illustrating the mix of 19th and early‑20th‑century styles present in Manchester.
The list comprises 34 pubs, of which two are listed at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others at Grade II, the lowest grade. Although all were designated for their architectural or historic interest as pubs, several have since closed or been converted to other uses. They are distributed across the city centre and its suburbs, with notable clusters in the Northern Quarter, Piccadilly, and along Wilmslow Road. Together, they reflect the evolution of pub design, the growth of Manchester's urban districts, and the changing social role of licensed premises.[a]
| Grade | Criteria[4] |
|---|---|
| II* | Particularly important buildings of more than special interest |
| II | Buildings of special interest |
| Name | Image | Location, postcode district | Constructed | Date designated | Grade | Entry number | Notes | Refs. |
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| Old Wellington Inn 53°29′05″N 2°14′38″W / 53.4847°N 2.2440°W |
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Cathedral Gates, Shambles Square, M3 |
1552 | 25 February 1952 | II | 1270698 | Originally partly a draper's shop with other uses, it became a pub in 1830. It was raised 5 feet (1.5 m) in 1971 during Arndale Centre works, then dismantled and moved in the late 1990s as part of the post‑1996 Manchester bombing redevelopment of Exchange Square. Architectural historian Clare Hartwell notes that the efforts to preserve the building, "when more important Manchester buildings have disappeared without a trace", illustrate "an enduring 20th‑century love affair with timber framing". | [5][6] [7] |
| Red Lion 53°25′53″N 2°13′44″W / 53.4313°N 2.2290°W |
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Wilmslow Road, Withington, M20 | 17th century | 3 October 1974 | II | 1270511 | Originally a farmhouse or small roadside inn, it is the oldest surviving building in Withington and later underwent various renovations while retaining early vernacular features. | [8][9] |
| Olde Cock Inn 53°24′39″N 2°13′52″W / 53.4107°N 2.2311°W |
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Wilmslow Road, Didsbury, M20 | Late 18th century | 3 October 1974 | II | 1254964 | Formerly an inn with varied uses, it incorporates 18th‑century fabric and timber framing, reflecting its long role in Didsbury village, and returned to pub‑restaurant operation in 2011. | [10][11] |
| 24 Dale Street 53°28′54″N 2°14′02″W / 53.4816°N 2.2340°W |
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Dale Street, Northern Quarter, M1 | Late 18th century | 3 October 1974 | II | 1209604 | Part of a joint listing with Nos. 26 and 28, the former townhouses at Nos. 24 and 26 have had their ground floors combined to form a pub and bar space that has traded under various names since its early 19th‑century use as the Haunch of Venison. Later operating as Nickleby's and subsequently other bars, it is due to reopen as The Badger in spring 2026. | [12][13] |
| The City 53°29′04″N 2°14′00″W / 53.4844°N 2.2334°W |
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Oldham Street, Northern Quarter, M4 |
Late 18th century (probable) | 3 October 1974 | II | 1271456 | Originated as two dwellings and was combined into a pub by 1800. It retains a simple domestic frontage and is one of the few surviving early buildings on Oldham Street. Hartwell describes it as "a good late 19th‑century timber front with carved pilasters and fanlights". As of March 2026[update], CAMRA records the pub as "closed long term". | [14][15] [16][17] |
| City Arms 53°28′46″N 2°14′34″W / 53.4794°N 2.2429°W |
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Kennedy Street, City Centre, M2 |
Late 18th century (probable) | 3 October 1974 | II | 1197933 | Originated as a townhouse with a modest Georgian frontage and traditional plan, as part of a short terrace beside the Vine Inn. Refurbished around 1900 and altered through the 20th century, it retains a 1930s rear saloon with Art Deco features, with further changes made in the 1970s when it became a Tetley "Festival Ale House". | [18][19] |
| Vine Inn 53°28′47″N 2°14′33″W / 53.4796°N 2.2426°W |
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Kennedy Street, City Centre, M2 |
Late 18th century (probable, No. 46), c. 1860–1870 (Nos. 42 and 44) |
3 October 1974 (No. 46), 6 June 1994 (Nos. 42 and 44) |
II | 1282982, 1197932 |
Began as a townhouse at No. 46, with Nos. 42 and 44 added as a textile warehouse around 1860 to 1870. No. 46 was a pub by the 1880s and was linked to the former warehouse in the 1970s. Although now a single pub, it occupies two separately listed buildings and stands next to the City Arms. | [20][21] |
| Grey Horse Inn 53°28′40″N 2°14′23″W / 53.4779°N 2.2397°W |
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Portland Street, City Centre, M1 |
Late 18th century (probable) | 6 June 1994 | II | 1246954 | Part of a listed terrace, it retains the scale of its domestic origins and is often noted as one of the city's smallest pubs. It is three doors away from the Circus Tavern. | [22][23] |
| Circus Tavern 53°28′40″N 2°14′24″W / 53.4778°N 2.2400°W |
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Portland Street, City Centre, M1 |
Late 18th or early 19th century | 6 June 1994 | II | 1247057 | Originally a house, it became a pub around 1840 and is often noted as one of Manchester's smallest pubs, retaining a compact traditional interior. Hartwell calls it "an almost miraculous survival, considering the tiny scale of it all". It is three doors away from the Grey Horse Inn. | [24][25] [26] |
| Hare and Hounds 53°29′06″N 2°14′16″W / 53.4851°N 2.2379°W |
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Shudehill, Northern Quarter, M4 | c. 1800 | 10 December 1999 | II | 1379936 | Retains much of an intact historic interior from around 1925, recognised by CAMRA as of "outstanding national historic importance". Hartwell describes it as having "a remarkably complete interwar interior". | [27][28] [29] |
| The Bank 53°28′47″N 2°14′25″W / 53.4797°N 2.2403°W |
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Mosley Street, City Centre, M2 |
1802–1806 | 25 February 1952 | II* | 1197930 | Part of the Portico Library building, designed by Thomas Harrison, it was identified by Hartwell as "Manchester's earliest Greek Revival building". It was originally a subscription library, later a bank, and is now a pub, with the library on the first floor. | [30][31] [32] |
| Peveril of the Peak 53°28′31″N 2°14′30″W / 53.4753°N 2.2416°W |
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Great Bridgewater Street, Deansgate, M1 | c. 1820 | 19 June 1988 | II | 1293058 | With its distinctive tiled façade, it is a rare surviving late-Georgian corner pub, recognised by CAMRA for an interior of "outstanding national historic importance". | [33][34] |
| Briton's Protection 53°28′30″N 2°14′50″W / 53.4750°N 2.2473°W |
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Great Bridgewater Street, Deansgate, M1 | Early 19th century | 16 March 1990 | II | 1292050 | Recognised by CAMRA for its interior of "outstanding national historic importance", and reportedly has a long‑standing local association with the Peterloo era. | [35][36] [37] |
| The Brunswick 53°28′48″N 2°14′00″W / 53.4800°N 2.2333°W |
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Piccadilly, M1 | Early 19th century | 3 October 1974 | II | 1271113 | Originally composed of a hotel and two townhouses. While Historic England dates the present structure to the early 19th century, some local accounts suggest a pub called The Brunswick stood on the site from the 1790s. | [38][39] |
| The Churchill 53°28′40″N 2°14′10″W / 53.4778°N 2.2361°W |
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Chorlton Street, City Centre, M1 |
Early 19th century | 6 June 1994 | II | 1197758 | Recorded as the Mechanics Arms by the mid‑19th century and has operated as a pub since the 1850s, later adopting the name Churchills and becoming one of the gay village's longest‑established venues. It now trades as The Church. | [40][41] |
| New Union 53°28′35″N 2°14′19″W / 53.4763°N 2.2385°W |
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Princess Street, City Centre, M1 |
Early 19th century | 3 October 1974 | II | 1247444 | Established as the Union Hotel around 1860—its name reportedly deriving from an anecdotal reference to the union of territories within what was then the British Empire—and has operated as a largely LGBTQ venue since the Second World War, adopting its current name in the 1970s. | [42][43] |
| Crown and Kettle 53°29′07″N 2°13′47″W / 53.4852°N 2.2297°W |
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Oldham Road, Ancoats, M4 | Early 19th century (probable) | 3 October 1974 | II | 1246276 | Opened around 1800 and previously known as the Iron Dish and Cob of Coal, it occupies a site recorded since the 18th century and is noted for its distinctive interior features, including snug panelling traditionally linked to the R100 or R101 airships. Closed in 1989 following a fight between football fans and, after an arson attack in the 1990s, it reopened in 2005 after restoration. | [44][45] [46] |
| Castle Hotel 53°29′03″N 2°13′56″W / 53.4841°N 2.2323°W |
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Oldham Street, Northern Quarter, M4 |
Early to mid-19th century | 19 June 1988 | II | 1246280 | Stands on a site occupied by a pub since the 18th century. Remodelled around 1904 with a tiled frontage, it is recognised by CAMRA for its historic interior. It later became a live‑music venue and was restored and reopened in 2009 after a period of closure. | [47][48] |
| Wetherspoons 53°28′52″N 2°14′06″W / 53.4811°N 2.2351°W |
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Piccadilly, M1 | 1846–47 | 6 June 1994 | II | 1246670 | Built for a textile firm, it later served as a clothiers' warehouse and a bank, and is now used as offices, with the ground floor occupied by a public house operated by J. D. Wetherspoon. | [49][50] |
| Lass O'Gowrie 53°28′26″N 2°14′16″W / 53.4739°N 2.2378°W |
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Charles Street, City Centre, M1 |
Mid-19th century | 6 June 1994 | II | 1293175 | Remodelled around 1900 with glazed tiles, having once serving Irish migrants before later drawing a largely local and student clientele. It takes its name from a 19th‑century poem by the Scottish writer Carolina Nairne. | [51][52] |
| Memorial Hall 53°28′44″N 2°14′46″W / 53.4788°N 2.2461°W |
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Southmill Street, City Centre, M2 |
1864–1866 | 14 February 1972 | II* | 1254637 | Designed by Thomas Worthington, it was converted to licensed use in the early 21st century after a long period as meeting rooms and event space. It then operated for several years as the Albert Square Chop House before reopening in 2021 as the Fountain House, a pub‑restaurant occupying the lower floors and basement. Hartwell describes it as Venetian Gothic, "with ranges of traceried windows". | [53][54] [55] |
| Derby Brewery Arms 53°29′35″N 2°14′25″W / 53.4931°N 2.2402°W |
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Cheetham Hill Road, Cheetham, M8 |
Mid to late 19th century | 3 October 1974 | II | 1197784 | Originally the Knowsley Hotel near Joseph Holt's Derby Brewery, it had become a public house by 1950 and later joined the Holt estate, with its current name adopted at an unknown date. It now operates as a traditional pub that also hosts DJ events and electronic music. | [56][57] |
| Mawson Hotel 53°28′48″N 2°14′00″W / 53.4800°N 2.2333°W |
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Frances Street, Chorlton-on-Medlock, M13 | Mid to late 19th century | 31 March 2010 | II | 1393734 | Originally a small hotel, it was amalgamated with two neighbouring houses and rebuilt in 1936–37, creating the present corner block. It continued in use as a public house until its closure in 2012. As of 2026[update], no subsequent proposals for its reuse have been recorded. | [58][59] |
| Rampant Lion 53°27′23″N 2°12′58″W / 53.4565°N 2.2161°W |
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Anson Road, Victoria Park, M14 |
Mid to late 19th century | 2 May 1973 | II | 1197827 | Closed in 2013 after a long period as a traditional Joseph Holt's pub. It was refurbished and converted in 2017 for mixed hospitality use, with hotel rooms, a café, and associated courtyard spaces incorporated into the former pub buildings. | [60][61] |
| The Turville 53°28′12″N 2°15′55″W / 53.4699°N 2.2652°W |
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Chester Road, Hulme, M15 | c. 1870 | 6 June 1994 | II | 1283069 | Originally a small neighbourhood pub, it had already closed by the time it was listed and is now in use as an architectural salvage and antique shop, Insitu Manchester. | [62][63] |
| Lloyd and Platt 53°26′33″N 2°16′52″W / 53.4424°N 2.2812°W |
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Wilbraham Road, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, M21 |
c. 1870 | 3 April 2003 | II | 1096127 | Began as the Lloyd and Platt's Hotel, named for landowner George Lloyd and builder James Platt, before becoming the Lloyds, and continues to operate as a J. W. Lees pub. | [64][65] |
| 256 Wilmslow Road 53°26′35″N 2°13′08″W / 53.4430°N 2.2188°W |
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Wilmslow Road, Fallowfield, M14 | 1870–1872 | 6 June 1994 | II | 1254889 | Occupies a building that originally served as the school for the Church of the Holy Innocents before its later conversion to licensed use. It traded for many years under the Queen of Hearts name and now operates as a sports bar. | [66][67] |
| Plymouth Grove Hotel 53°27′52″N 2°13′24″W / 53.4645°N 2.2232°W |
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Plymouth Grove, Chorlton-on-Medlock, M13 |
1873 | 3 October 1974 | II | 1271094 | Closed in 2003 after a long period as a neighbourhood hotel‑pub, it remained vacant and derelict until its conversion to restaurant use in 2016. | [68][69] |
| The Plough 53°27′40″N 2°10′17″W / 53.4610°N 2.1714°W |
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Hyde Road, Gorton, M18 | Late 19th century | 7 March 1994 | II | 1200820 | A long‑established neighbourhood pub, it contains a CAMRA‑recognised interior of "outstanding national historic importance". | [70][71] |
| Sawyers Arms 53°28′51″N 2°14′54″W / 53.4808°N 2.2483°W |
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Deansgate, M3 | Late 19th century | 3 October 1974 | II | 1282973 | Built on a site with licensed premises recorded from the 1730s. After closing in 1988 and being converted to retail use, it was restored to pub use by Nicholson's and reopened in 2014 following refurbishment. | [72][73] |
| Star and Garter 53°28′34″N 2°13′36″W / 53.4761°N 2.2268°W |
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Fairfield Street, Piccadilly, M1 | 1877 | 20 June 1988 | II | 1200827 | Originally built in 1803 in the "Queen Anne style", before being dismantled and moved to its present site during railway expansion, it began as a hotel and later became a pub, which closed in 1986. Purchased privately in 1990, it was refurbished and reopened in 1991 as a pub, live‑music venue, and nightclub. | [74][75] [76] |
| White Lion 53°26′01″N 2°13′45″W / 53.4335°N 2.2293°W |
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Wilmslow Road, Withington, M20 | 1881 | 20 June 1988 | II | 1255026 | A long‑established pub in Withington, it closed in 2005 and was later converted for retail use, with the upper floors adapted as apartments, reopening as a Sainsbury's Local in 2011. | [77][78] |
| Marble Arch Inn 53°29′18″N 2°13′55″W / 53.4883°N 2.2319°W |
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Rochdale Road, Ancoats, M4 | 1888 | 20 June 1988 | II | 1247604 | Built on the site of an earlier McKenna's Brewery house. Hartwell calls it "the only one of the pubs in the area with architectural pretensions". The pub contains a CAMRA‑recognised interior of "outstanding national historic importance" and remains the flagship venue of the Marble Brewery, which moved its brewing operations to Salford after 1997. | [79][80] [81] |
| The Unicorn 53°28′58″N 2°14′13″W / 53.4829°N 2.2370°W |
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Church Street, Northern Quarter, M4 | 1924 | 28 June 2019 | II | 1464011 | Formerly the Unicorn Hotel, it is an inter‑war improved public house, altered only in minor ways, and is noted by CAMRA for an interior of "outstanding national historic importance". | [82][83] |
