| County | Brewery | Location | Premises | Description | Contributors | Photo? Gone? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Greater Manchester: Stockport |
Wilson's Brewery Ltd Manchester | Bredbury, 57 Stockport Road East | Rising Sun | The pub had a modern looking Wilson's sign on the front, but this has disappeared by 2008. | RWo 2006; Google 2008 | . GONE |
Greater Manchester: Stockport |
Bell & Co Ltd Stockport | Bredbury, 99 Higher Bents Lane | Sportsmans Rest (former) | 19c pub. On the left-hand painted gable wall were the remains of a large sign, just detectable as raised lettering: 'THE SPORTSMANS REST.' and 'BELLS STOCKPORT ALES.' (Note that full stops included in the sign.) The pub was converted to residential use in about 2011, and Google shows the wall rendered-over by 2017. | SP 2004; BHK photo 2006; Google 2011 and 2017 | Picture GONE |
Greater Manchester: Stockport |
Hyde's Brewery Ltd Manchester | Cheadle, 13 High Street | Old Star Inn (renamed) | At first floor level above the entrance, a large decorative plaque 'HYDES QUEENS BREWERY ALES'. This relates to Hyde's historic brewery in Manchester. The pub was remodelled and renamed in 2017, at which time historic etched windows at the front were replaced with modern ones. | SP photo 2005 | Picture |
Greater Manchester: Stockport |
Bell & Co Ltd Stockport | Edgeley, 195 Northgate Road | Alexandra | This CAMRA National Inventory pub was built by Bell's in 1911. Has the date on the exterior, plus 'B' in a decorative terracotta tile. | SP photo 2005 and 2006 | Picture |
Greater Manchester: Stockport |
Bell & Co Ltd Stockport | Hazel Grove, 53 London Road | Grove (demolished) | CAMRA Opening Times Magazine 2003 describes a mosaic in the porch with 'BELLS'. However, the pub was demolished by 2014. | CAMRA 2003; SP 2015 | . GONE |
Greater Manchester: Stockport |
Hardy's Crown Brewery Ltd Manchester | Heaton Norris, 118 Wellington Road North | Hope Inn | On the parapet on the front and one side elevation, prominent letter signs: 'HARDYS' ALES' and 'HARDYS' CROWN ALES'. These are in beautiful mosaic tiling; gold letters with white outlining on a blue background. Has become the home of 'Fool Hardy Ales'. | SP photo 2005 and 2018 | Picture |
Greater Manchester: Stockport |
Wilson's Brewery Ltd Manchester | Heaton Norris, 51 Wellington Road North | Magnet | A small Wilson's lantern with 'chequerboard' designs above the front door. | SP 2015 | . |
Greater Manchester: Stockport |
Bell & Co Ltd Stockport | Heaviley, 2 Buxton Road | Blossoms Hotel | An illustration of a bell in mosaic in the pub's door-step on the Bramhall Lane side. | EMi photo 2011; SP photo 2015 | Picture |
Greater Manchester: Stockport |
Wilson's Brewery Ltd Manchester | Offerton, 125 Hall Street | Victoria | Has a carved stone plaque (rather like a milestone) on the frontage: VICTORIA HOTEL ... 1953 ... DRINK ONLY ... THE BEST ... WILSONS'. The stone is signed THOMAS LOVE. In the rear garden is a genuine gravestone. | SP photo 2012 | Picture |
Greater Manchester: Stockport |
Boddington Brewery Ltd Manchester | Stockport, 154 Heaton Lane | Crown | Original relief sign on frontage with the pub name and 'BODDINGTON'S BEER'. | SP photo 2005 | Picture |
Greater Manchester: Stockport |
Bell & Co Ltd Stockport | Stockport, 31 Shaw Heath | Armoury | The interior was refitted in the 1920s. Most of the internal doors are of this period, and incorporate etched glass panels with the room name and an illustration of two bells. | SP photo 2006 | Picture |
Greater Manchester: Stockport |
Stopford Brewery Co Manchester | Stockport, 66 Chestergate | Chestergate Tavern (formerly Mersey Hotel) | Decorative stone panel on gable with monogram 'S B Co'. Also a coat of arms. | SP photo 2006 and 2012; JCl 2007 | Picture |
Greater Manchester: Stockport |
Showell's Stockport Brewery Ltd Stockport | Stockport, 74 Churchgate | Thatched House (former) | It had Showells Ales windows. The pub was closed and boarded up in 2015. By 2018, no longer a pub, and the decorative windows have been replaced with clear glass. | JCl 2007; SP 2015; Google 2018 | . GONE |
Greater Manchester: Stockport |
Daniel Clifton & Co Ltd Stockport | Stockport, Cooper Street | Royal Oak Brewery (former) | The former Royal Oak Brewery of Daniel Clifton & Co Ltd was under conversion to flats in 2012. Large exposed lettering in white ceramic bricks on the gable end: 'ROYAL OAK BREWERY.'. | ELa photo 2012 | Picture |
Greater Manchester: Stockport |
Whitbread & Co Ltd London, EC1 | Stockport, Cooper Street | Royal Oak Brewery (former) | The Royal Oak Brewery was acquired by Whitbreads in 1946. During building works in 2012 was revealed an early round wall plaque with the brewery's 'deer' trade mark and the letter 'W' on a tankard, plus lettering: 'THE HOUSE OF WHITBREAD ... 1742'. | ELa photo 2012 | Picture |
Greater Manchester: Stockport |
Bell & Co Ltd Stockport | Stockport, Hempshaw Lane | Bell's Hempshaw Brook Brewery (former) | The outline of the former fascia lettering was just visible in the parapet brickwork: 'BELL & Co LIMITED'. The red-brick brewery building was demolished in 2012. | BHK photo 2009; SP 2012 | Picture GONE |