Sawyers Arms
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Sawyers' Arms
Sawyers Arms Hotel
| Sawyers Arms | |
|---|---|
.jpg) The pub in 2014 | |
  Location within Greater Manchester | |
| Alternative names | Sawyer's Arms Sawyers' Arms Sawyers Arms Hotel |
| General information | |
| Type | Public house |
| Location | Deansgate, Manchester, England |
| Coordinates | 53°28′51″N 2°14′54″W / 53.4808°N 2.2483°W |
| Year built | Late 19th century |
| Renovated | 2014 |
| Design and construction | |
| Designations | |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
| Official name | Sawyers Arms public house |
| Designated | 3 October 1974 |
| Reference no. | 1282973 |
| Website | |
| Official website | |
The Sawyers Arms is a Grade II listed public house on Deansgate in Manchester, England. The present building dates from the late 19th century, while the site has housed licensed premises since at least the 1730s, leading some sources to describe it as one of the city's oldest surviving pubs.
The present building was constructed in the late 19th century, according to its official listing.[1] Earlier structures on the site housed licensed premises from at least the 1730s, and some secondary sources describe the Sawyers Arms as one of Manchester's oldest pubs on the basis of a long‑established licence recorded in that decade.[2][3] The pub appears in 18th and 19th‑century trade directories, with successive landlords listed as Deansgate developed into a major commercial thoroughfare.[4][5][6] Ordnance Survey town plans indicate that the building occupying the plot was altered or rebuilt during the Victorian period, reflecting wider redevelopment along the street.[7][8]
On 3 October 1974, the pub was designated a Grade II listed building.[1]
The pub closed in 1988 and the ground floor was converted to retail use. It was later brought back into operation by Nicholson's Pubs, reopening in December 2014 following a refurbishment.[9][10]
