Manchester pubs on CAMRA's inventory of historic interiors

Map of 7 locations in Manchester, England

CAMRA's inventory judges rooms, not buildings: what counts is whether the fittings, screens, hatches and tilework survive more or less as they were fitted, which is a much harder test than Grade II listing. Manchester's survivors are concentrated in a walkable band from Great Bridgewater Street up to Rochdale Road, and they include a corridor pub where drinks were once passed through raised glazed sashes, a tiled frieze that doubles as a drinks list, and a bar small enough that two rooms count as the whole establishment.

Places in this collection

  • The City Arms — Probably late 18th century and listed in October 1974, on a Kennedy Street terrace where the Vine Inn next door was listed on the same day.…
  • Mr Thomas's Chop House — A chop house in the strict sense: a Victorian trading room where business was done over cooked meats, beer and wine, and where women were o…
  • Peveril of the Peak — A building of about 1820 marooned on its own island between two roads, sheathed in the green and yellow glazed tiles that make it the most…
  • The Marble Arch Inn — Built in 1888 for McKenna's Brewery of Harpurhey, with polished pink granite at street level and brick above. The interior is the reason it…
  • Unicorn — Upgraded to the national inventory on CAMRA's register of historic pub interiors, where it is catalogued for its light oak panelling. A cas…
  • Circus Tavern — Originally a house in a listed terrace, which is why the pub still works at domestic scale: two small rooms and a bar counter so short the…
  • The Briton's Protection — First recorded under this name in 1820, with the interior dating from a remodelling of about 1930. Historic England singles out the long fr…

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