Stork Tavern
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Stork and Fox[1]
| Stork Tavern | |
|---|---|
 The pub in 2011, then known as the Fox and Stork | |
  Location within Greater Manchester | |
| Former names | Fox and Stork Stork and Fox[1] |
| General information | |
| Type | Public house |
| Location | Halliwell Road, Halliwell, Greater Manchester, England |
| Coordinates | 53°35′45″N 2°26′57″W / 53.5959°N 2.4492°W |
| Year built | c. 1850 |
| Design and construction | |
| Designations | |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
| Official name | Stork Tavern |
| Designated | 26 April 1974 |
| Reference no. | 1388055 |
| Website | |
| storktavern | |
The Stork Tavern is a Grade II listed public house on Halliwell Road in Halliwell, an area of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. Built around 1850, the site includes a former bowling green to the rear. The pub has a long history of use, with earlier records referring to it as the Stork Tavern from the late 18th century.
According to a local report, a public house called the Stork Tavern was established in 1789,[2] although this earlier phase is not documented in the official listing, which dates the present building to around 1850.[3] The name Stork Tavern was still in use in the 1920s.[2]
On the Ordnance Survey maps published in 1893,[4] 1910[5] and 1930,[6] the structure is shown in its corner position with Elliott Street but is neither named nor marked as a pub. A bowling green is first recorded to the rear on the 1943 edition.[7]
On 26 April 1974, the Stork Tavern was designated a Grade II listed building.[3]
By 1982 the pub was operating as a Tetley's establishment.[1]
CAMRA records later names including the Fox and Stork and the Stork and Fox, though without dates for their use,[1] while the photograph in the article from 2011 shows the pub trading as the Fox and Stork. The former bowling green is now used as a beer garden.[2]
