| County | Brewery | Location | Premises | Description | Contributors | Photo? Gone? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Merseyside |
Higson's Brewery Ltd Liverpool | Birkenhead, 103 Oxton Road | Vale | A Victorian corner pub with a relatively modern Higson's livery. Fascia board signs with 'HIGSONS'; the hanging sign features 'HIGSON'S in the top-piece, and a liver bird holding a hop-leaf. | BHK photo 2008 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Daniel Higson Liverpool | Birkenhead, 128 Conway Street | Crown | Interior. The bar has a spectacular bar-back; from the side wall and along the bar-back is a glazed fascia, gold coloured with elaborate decoration and black lettering: 'D.HIGSON. WINE MERCHANT & SPIRIT MERCHANT. BREWER. CHEAPSIDE BREWERY. LIVERPOOL'. | SP 2008 | . |
Merseyside |
Threlfall's Brewery Co Ltd - Liverpool & Salford | Birkenhead, 22-26 Market Street | Hornblowers | The interwar faience frontage features tiled lettering 'THRELFALLS' above the second floor windows. | AH photo 2008; AMR 2008 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Birkenhead Brewery Co Ltd Birkenhead | Birkenhead, 228 New Chester Road | Lord Raglan Hotel | Panel with elaborate brewery logo, including 'BIRKENHEAD BREWERY COMPANY LIMITED', 'PEERLESS ALES & STOUT' and 'TRADE MARK'. | MD photo 2005 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Wilson's Brewery Ltd Manchester | Birkenhead, 36 Oliver Street East | Firemans Arms | A Victorian corner pub which has retained Wilson's livery: applied lettering to the fascia and to the back wall, and a Wilson's hanging sign and lantern. Also an internal etched window with 'WILSONS' above a chequerboard image. | RWo 2006; BHK photo 2008; WRB photo 2010 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Birkenhead Brewery Co Ltd Birkenhead | Birkenhead, 41 Price Street | Stork Hotel | A Birkenhead Brewery logo was previously reported by the Tile & Architectural Ceramics Society. But there is no sign of this now. Has this been removed? More information please. | TACS; RWo 2006; SP 2008 | . |
Merseyside |
Threlfall's Brewery Co Ltd Salford | Birkenhead, 41 Price Street | Stork Hotel | There are two etched windows on the front with 'THRELFALL'S SALFORD ALES'. On CAMRA's National Inventory. | RWo 2006; SP photo 2008 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Yates Castle Brewery Ltd Manchester | Birkenhead, 44 Oxton Road | Windsor Castle | Good green-tiled frontage. White-tiled fascia with gold lettering: 'YATES'S CASTLE BREWERY Ltd'. | BHK photo 2008 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Birkenhead Brewery Co Ltd Birkenhead | Birkenhead, 72-76 Oxton Road | Former brewery offices | A terracotta tiled panel: 'BIRKENHEAD BREWERY COMPANY Ltd ... 1896'. | BHK photo 2008 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Birkenhead Brewery Co Ltd Birkenhead | Birkenhead, Duke Street | Grand Trunk Hotel | A round plaque with 'BIRKENHEAD ALES' and an illustration of a liver bird on a cask - all in relief. Also a large etched window with lettering: 'BIRKENHEAD BREWERY Co Ltd ... ALES & STOUTS'. | BHK photo 2008 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Birkenhead Brewery Co Ltd Birkenhead | Birkenhead, Hamilton Street | Pier Hotel (former) | Has a very attractive corner frontage of green faience. Around the fascia: 'BIRKENHEAD ALES & STOUT ... PIER HOTEL ... BIRKENHEAD BREWERY Co Ltd ... PIER HOTEL ... WINES & SPIRITS'. On the corner splay, a tiled panel with elaborate brewery logo, including 'BIRKENHEAD BREWERY COMPANY LIMITED', 'PEERLESS ALES & STOUT', a liver bird standing on a barrel and 'TRADE MARK'. The building has been redeveloped but the pub frontage was retained. | TACS; WRB 2005; TB photo 2006; SP 2008 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Higson's Brewery Ltd Liverpool | Bootle, 46 Linacre Lane | Linacre | The top part of the former hanging sign featuring the 'HIGSONS' name and the 'liver bird and hop leaf', has been mounted inside the pub. | SP photo 2008 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Higson's Brewery Ltd Liverpool | Bootle, Merton Road | Wharf | On the front parapet, stone lettering in relief: 'HIGSON'S'. | BHK photo 2010 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Higson's Brewery Ltd Liverpool | Bootle, Strand Road | Rubber Duck | On the front gable is a large board sign with 'HIGSONS'. There are two stone panels on the gable which appear to have had earlier lettering or insignia chipped off. | BHK photo 2008 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Higson's Brewery Ltd Liverpool | Crosby - Waterloo, East Street | Volunteer Canteen | At first floor on the front elevation is a large panel with the pub name, plus the brewery's 'Three boars' heads' trademark on a square shield. Same image with 'TRADE MARK ... EXCELLENCE' in two front windows and the glass of the main door. Other front windows have 'HIGSON'S' and 'HIGSON'S ALES'. Above the door is a plaque with monogram 'DH LTD'. On CAMRA's National Inventory. | SP photo 2008 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Higson's Brewery Ltd Liverpool | Crosby - Waterloo, South Road | Alexandra | An interwar refurbishment. On the south elevation are two shields with the 'Three boars' heads' trademark. A similar image, plus 'HIGSONS ... TRADE MARK ... EXCELLENCE' on one front window. The hanging sign features a liver bird with hop leaf. | SP photo 2008 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Higson's Brewery Ltd Liverpool | Crosby, 63 Victoria Road | Crows Nest | Higson's etched windows. | GB 2004 | . |
Merseyside |
Peter Walker & Sons Ltd - Warrington & Burton-upon-Trent | Crosby, College Road | Edinburgh | The etched door glass has 'WALKER'S' lettering in a central round pane. | BHK photo 2008 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Threlfall's Brewery Co Ltd - Liverpool & Salford | Litherland, 168 Linacre Road | Pacific | On the south gable wall, a very large painted sign with 'THRELFALL'S BLUE LABEL'. The sign is such a famous feature that it has its own blue plaque! | SP photo 2008 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Bass & Co Ltd - Burton-upon-Trent, Tadcaster, etc | Liverpool - Anfield, 194 Walton Breck Road | Park | A lantern sign featuring a modern Bass logo and words 'THE LIVERPOOL PUB COMPANY'. Also has a modern green Bass sign on the side wall. | TB 2008 | . |
Merseyside |
Threlfall's Brewery Co Ltd - Liverpool & Salford | Liverpool - Anfield, 20 Breck Road | Cabbage Hall | A stone roundel with monogram 'T B Co Ld'. | TB photo 2008 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Peter Walker & Sons Ltd - Warrington & Burton-upon-Trent | Liverpool - Anfield, 49 Oakfield Road | Oakfield | On the curved frontage between first and second floor windows, a large letter sign 'WALKER'S ALES'. At first floor level, a Walker trademark with 'WALKER' beneath. Over the corner door, a lantern sign featuring the Walker trademark and 'ESTd 1852'. | TB photo 2008 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Higson's Brewery Ltd Liverpool | Liverpool - Anfield, Rydal Street | Midden | An etched window with 'HIGSONS ALES'. | BHK photo 2008 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Bass & Co Ltd - Burton-upon-Trent, Tadcaster, etc | Liverpool - Childwall, Childwall Valley Road | Coronation | Large interwar pub with a red 'Bass' letter sign in script. Also a lantern sign featuring a modern Bass logo and words 'THE LIVERPOOL PUB COMPANY'. | TB photo 2006 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Bass & Co Ltd - Burton-upon-Trent, Tadcaster, etc | Liverpool - Clubmoor, Townsend Lane | Canon | A lantern sign featuring a modern Bass logo and words 'THE LIVERPOOL PUB COMPANY'. | TB 2008 | . |
Merseyside |
Bass & Co Ltd - Burton-upon-Trent, Tadcaster, etc | Liverpool - Clubmoor, Townsend Lane | Elm House | A lantern sign featuring a modern Bass logo and words 'THE LIVERPOOL PUB COMPANY'. | TB 2008 | . |
Merseyside |
Robert Cain & Sons Ltd Liverpool | Liverpool - Dingle, 28 Wellington Road | Herculaneum Bridge ('Peglegs') | Built by Cain's brewery whose unicorn emblem appears in the window glass. | GB 2004; BHK photo 2008 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Wm Younger & Co Ltd Edinburgh | Liverpool - Edge Hill, 2 Smithdown Road | Boundary | At high level on the curved corner is a board sign, apparently with neon illuminated letters: 'YOUNGERS FINEST ALES'. In 2003 it also had the 'Father William' logo above the words but this has disappeared. See also Robert Cain entry. | TB photo 2008 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Robert Cain & Sons Ltd Liverpool | Liverpool - Edge Hill, 2 Smithdown Road | Boundary | Carved in a stone shield on the parapet is the monogram 'RC'. Brewery needs confirmation please. See also William Younger entry. | BHK photo 2008 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Greenall Whitley & Co Ltd St Helens | Liverpool - Edge Hill, 28 Picton Road | Cambridge | Attractive tiled lettering: 'GREENALL'S St HELENS ALES.' Partially obscured. | BHK photo 2008 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Threlfall's Brewery Co Ltd - Liverpool & Salford | Liverpool - Edge Hill, Smithdown Road | Campfield Hotel | Corner pub with an orange-tiled frontage. There are remains of Threlfall's lettering on the fascia. | SP 2008 | . |
Merseyside |
Peter Walker & Sons Ltd - Warrington & Burton-upon-Trent | Liverpool - Everton, 254 Walton Road | Domino Pizza | A fading painted sign on the side wall - gold lettering on maroon - 'WALKER'S WARRINGTON ALES'. | BHK photo 2008 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Peter Walker & Sons Ltd - Warrington & Burton-upon-Trent | Liverpool - Fairfield, 28a Prescot Road | Lister Hotel | The marble fascia features gold lettering including: 'WALKER'S WARRINGTON ALES'. There is also a Walkers inn-sign bracket (but no inn-sign!). | BHK photo 2008; TB 2010 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Peter Walker & Sons Ltd - Warrington & Burton-upon-Trent | Liverpool - Garston, 6 James Street | Swan | Two fine etched windows featuring Peter Walker's trademark. The larger window has 'WALKER'S WARRINGTON ALES'. | BHK photo 2008 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Bass & Co Ltd - Burton-upon-Trent, Tadcaster, etc | Liverpool - Gateacre, Halewood Road | Brown Cow | Bass signs, including a relatively unusual gold-coloured 'Bass' script sign on the south gable wall. | SP photo 2008 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Bass & Co Ltd - Burton-upon-Trent, Tadcaster, etc | Liverpool - Kensington, Farnworth Road | Phythian | Photograph taken in March 2010, looks at the end of its life. A large wooden board sign with the pub name and 'Bass'. | TB photo 2010 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Bass & Co Ltd - Burton-upon-Trent, Tadcaster, etc | Liverpool - Kensington, Molyneux Road | Molyneux | Two lantern signs featuring a modern Bass logo and words 'THE LIVERPOOL PUB COMPANY'. | TB 2010 | . |
Merseyside |
Higson's Brewery Ltd Liverpool | Liverpool - Kirkdale, 355 Westminster Road | Peacock | Atop the hanging sign, a Higson's 'liver bird and hop leaf'. | WRB photo 2008 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Peter Walker & Sons Ltd - Warrington & Burton-upon-Trent | Liverpool - Kirkdale, Stanley Road - near Bank Hall station | Royal (closed) | On the north wall is a very faded painted Walker's sign featuring 'FALSTAFF'. A the back, the west facing wall carries the slightly less faded but still barely discernible words 'Walkers Warrington Ales'. | SP 2008; TB 2011 | . |
Merseyside |
Joseph Jones & Co Ltd Liverpool | Liverpool - Knotty Ash, 186 East Prescot Road | Wheatsheaf | Good old etched windows: 'JOSEPH JONES & Cos ... KNOTTY-ASH ALES'. The windows also feature an illustration of a tree. | TB photo 2006 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Higson's Brewery Ltd Liverpool | Liverpool - Knotty Ash, East Prescot Road | Lord Nelson | Atop the hanging sign is a 'liver bird with hop leaf' in gold. | TB photo 2006; LTu 2009 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Peter Walker & Sons Ltd - Warrington & Burton-upon-Trent | Liverpool - Old Swan, 395 Prescot Road | Corner Tavern | An etched window features 'WALKERS' lettering and a Guinness harp logo. | BHK photo 2008 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Threlfall's Brewery Co Ltd - Liverpool & Salford | Liverpool - Old Swan, 45 Mill Lane | Glass House | A stone panel with monogram 'T B Co Ld' on a scroll. | BHK photo 2008 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Higson's Brewery Ltd Liverpool | Liverpool - Orrell, Orrell Lane | Orrell Park Hotel | A modern plastic-faced box sign on the front wall, featuring 'HIGSONS BEERS', plus the brewery's modern 'oast house and liver bird' trademark. | LTu photo 2009 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Robert Cain & Sons Ltd Liverpool | Liverpool - Sefton Park, 66 Lark Lane | Albert | Commissioned in 1873 for Cain’s. The brewery's unicorn insignia is in the floor mosaic and coloured glass at the main entrance. | GB 2004; TB photo 2011 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Higson's Brewery Ltd Liverpool | Liverpool - Stockbridge, Barons Hey | Black Angus | Atop the hanging sign is a 'liver bird with hop leaf' in gold. | LTu 2009 | . |
Merseyside |
Higson's Brewery Ltd Liverpool | Liverpool - Toxteth, 60 Lodge Lane | Grapes | Higson's livery from the 1970s, including two board fascia signs, and a plastic cube sign above the doorway. The pub is semi-derelict (2008) and the signs are deteriorating. | BHK photo 2008 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Higson's Brewery Ltd Liverpool | Liverpool - Toxteth, Park Hill Road | Bleak House | Atop the hanging sign is a 'liver bird with hop leaf' in gold. | LTu 2009 | . |
Merseyside |
Peter Walker & Sons Ltd - Warrington & Burton-upon-Trent | Liverpool - Toxteth, Park Road, corner of Park Street | Toxteth (former) | No longer in use as a pub. On the side wall, a large painted sign - green lettering with white edging on maroon: 'WALKER'S WARRINGTON ALES'. | TB photo 2008 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Robert Cain & Sons Ltd Liverpool | Liverpool - Toxteth, Stanhope Street, corner of Caryl Street | Angel Vaults (former) | A long-closed corner pub close to Cain's Brewery. Both elevations carry several roundels with 'RC' monograms. The elevations also feature a dozen or more carved faces of historical figures. The stonework is very weathered. | TB photo 2011 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Joseph Jones & Co Ltd Liverpool | Liverpool - Walton, 172 Rice Lane | Plough | Very hard to make out high on the side elevation, two panels with chipped-off lettering: 'J JONES ... KNOTTY ASH ALES'. Also has modern Greenalls branding. | AH photo 2010 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Peter Walker & Sons Ltd - Warrington & Burton-upon-Trent | Liverpool - Walton, 91 Rice Lane | Prince Arthur | Fabulous corner frontage with rich red tiling, leaded glass, and a lovely glazed fascia. Fascia lettering in an art nouveau style, gold on maroon: 'WALKER'S WARRINGTON ALES' and 'MILD ALES'. Gold leaf on windows: 'THE PRINCE ARTHUR ... WALKER'S ALES' and 'WALKERS 167 WHISKY ... WALKER'S WARRINGTON ALES'. Circa 1870. On CAMRA's National Inventory. | GB 2002; TB photo 2008 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Higson's Brewery Ltd Liverpool | Liverpool - Woolton, Woolton Street | Elephant (former) | The pub has been converted to a restaurant-bar and renamed. The original pole sign survives, featuring a three-dimensional Indian elephant with 'HIGSONS' beneath. | SP photo 2008 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Higson's Brewery Ltd Liverpool | Liverpool, 127 Dale Street, corner of North Street | Higson's Brewery offices (former) | Modern offices, the former city offices of the brewery. 'HIGSONS' lettering in the marble on the North Street elevation. The handles to the front doors form an 'H'. | WRB photo 2008; SP photo 2008 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Boddington Brewery Ltd Manchester | Liverpool, 13 Rice Street | Cracke (Ye) | Free house with post-war projecting signs from Boddington (modern) and Marston (1960s); and an illuminated hanging sign from Bass. The Bass sign is particularly good, with the brewery name in typical script style, topped with a large red triangle. | SP photo 2006; TB photo 2011 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Bass, Ratcliffe & Gretton Ltd Burton-upon-Trent | Liverpool, 13 Rice Street | Cracke (Ye) | Free house with post-war projecting signs from Boddington (modern) and Marston (1960s); and an illuminated hanging sign from Bass. The Bass sign is particularly good, with the brewery name in typical script style, topped with a large red triangle. | SP photo 2006; TB photo 2011 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Houlding's Brewery Co Ltd Liverpool - Everton | Liverpool, 13 Rice Street | Cracke (Ye) | An external door (not in use) on the Rice Street frontage has glass bearing the inscription 'HOULDINGS "BEACON" ALES'. | PLo 2009; TB photo 2011 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Peter Walker & Sons Ltd - Warrington & Burton-upon-Trent | Liverpool, 14 Mount Pleasant | Beehive | Glazed fascia with gold lettering: 'WALKER'S WARRINGTON ALES'. | SP photo 2006 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Higson's Brewery Ltd Liverpool | Liverpool, 162 Regent Road | Atlantic | A large script sign on the front gable: 'Higsons' - probably internally-illuminated. Each front door has a modern Higson box lantern over. | BHK photo 2008 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Peter Walker & Sons Ltd - Warrington & Burton-upon-Trent | Liverpool, 198 Vauxhall Road, corner of Eldon Street | Glass House | One front etched window with 'WALKER'S WARRINGTON ALES'. On the back wall is a very faded painted sign on which 'WALKERS ... WARRINGTON ALES' and the pub name are just discernible. | SP photo 2008 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Higson's Brewery Ltd Liverpool | Liverpool, 2 Great Newton Street | Post Office | A hanging sign topped by a gold liver bird with hop leaf. | BHK 2008 | . |
Merseyside |
Higson's Brewery Ltd Liverpool | Liverpool, 2 Griffiths Street | Nook | Higson's signs and a lantern. In 2008, exterior refurbishment works, and most of the signs were removed. Over the door is a licensing sign with 'PROPRIETORS ... HIGSONS BREWERY LIMITED, LIVERPOOL'. A 1970s style Higson's sign with their trademark of the time occupies a blocked-up window at first-floor level. | RWo 2006; SP photo 2008; TB photo 2011 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Peter Walker & Sons Ltd - Warrington & Burton-upon-Trent | Liverpool, 25-29 Ranelagh Street | Midland Hotel | Glazed fascia signs, gold lettering on maroon and green: 'WALKER'S ... MIDLAND ... HOTEL', also incorporating Walker's trademarks. Across the beautiful curved windows, a gold band with art nouveau lettering: 'WALKER'S ... WARRINGTON'. There is also an oval metal plate with 'PROPRIETORS ... PETER WALKER LTD.'. | TN photo 2005; SP photo 2006 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Peter Walker & Sons Ltd - Warrington & Burton-upon-Trent | Liverpool, 31 Ranelagh Street | Central Commercial Hotel | Glazed fascia signs in green, maroon and gold: 'WALKER'S - ALES - WARRINGTON'. In a stone panel above the second storey window - 'WALKER'S' - in maroon and gold. In a panel above the central part of the fascia is an illustration of Walker's trademark; the same illustration also appears on three internal screens in the front windows. There is also an oval metal plate with 'PROPRIETORS ... PETER WALKER LTD.'. | TN photo 2005; SP photo 2006 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Peter Walker & Sons Ltd - Warrington & Burton-upon-Trent | Liverpool, 33 Renshaw Street | Renshaws | Stone fascia: 'WALKER'S WARRINGTON AND BURTON ALES'. In 2008, the whole fascia was painted ochre, and the lettering is must less obvious than in the 2006 photograph. | GB 2002; SP photo 2006; SP 2008 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Robert Cain & Sons Ltd Liverpool | Liverpool, 36 Hope Street | Philharmonic | Masterpiece by W W Thomas for Cain's brewery, 1898-1900. In the stonework of one of the gables on the Hope Street elevation is the brewer's 'R C & S' monogram. Above the Hope Street entrance, is a coat of arms including the Cains unicorns and 'PACEM AMO' motto. On CAMRA's National Inventory. | SP 2008; TB photo 2011 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Peter Walker & Sons Ltd - Warrington & Burton-upon-Trent | Liverpool, 4 Hackins Hey | Hole in ye Wall (Ye) | In a band across the windows, Walker's trademark illustration and 'TRADE MARK' - three in fair condition, one deteriorating. | SP photo 2006 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Peter Walker & Sons Ltd - Warrington & Burton-upon-Trent | Liverpool, 43 Lime Street | Crown (formerly Crown Hotel) | A large panel at second floor level with flamboyant 1905 gold lettering: 'WALKER'S ALES ... WARRINGTON'. | SP photo 2002; TN 2004 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Higson's Brewery Ltd Liverpool | Liverpool, 55 Lime Street | McHales Bar | Atop the hanging sign is a 'liver bird with hop leaf' in gold. The Higson lettering beneath has been replaced by the pub name. | SP photo 2008 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Peter Walker & Sons Ltd - Warrington & Burton-upon-Trent | Liverpool, 67 Moorfields | Lion Tavern | A fine set of etched window screens with painted lettering: 'FALSTAFF ALE', 'WALKER'S SCOTCH WHISKY', 'OLD HIGHLAND WHISKY' and 'NEWS ROOM'. Also a plaque on the exterior with 'PETER WALKER' and an oval metal plate with 'PROPRIETORS ... PETER WALKER LTD.'. Some of the windows incorporate Robert Cain's unicorn trademark (qv). On CAMRA's National Inventory. | TB photo 2006; WRB photo 2008 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Robert Cain & Sons Ltd Liverpool | Liverpool, 67 Moorfields | Lion Tavern | Amid the references to Peter Walker's brewery (qv), some of the windows incorporate Robert Cain's unicorn trademark. CAMRA's Historic Pubs guide records that, internally, "above and behind the main bar is an ornately carved 'C' confirming the association with the original Cain's brewery that became visible only when several layers of varnish were removed from the original wooden panelling". On CAMRA's National Inventory. | CAMRA guide 2006; WRB photo 2008 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Threlfall's Brewery Co Ltd - Liverpool & Salford | Liverpool, 68 Vauxhall Road | Marble Hall Hotel (former) | Now the Marble Hall Cafe. Faience exterior. The fascias retain evidence of Threlfall's lettering: 'THRELFALL'S' on the front; 'THRELFALL'S ... BLUE LABEL' on the side. There is also a Threlfall's mosaic on the floor in the entrance porch: 'MARBLE HALL ... THRELFALL'S ... HOTEL'. | TB photo 2008 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Liverpool Brewing Co Ltd (1990-2004) Liverpool | Liverpool, 69 Dale Street | Vernon Arms | Modern etched windows - 'LIVERPOOL BREWING COMPANY'. It was a tied house of this modern microbrewery for a few years. Deteriorating condition in 2008. | SP photo 2006; SP 2008 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Robert Cain & Sons Ltd Liverpool | Liverpool, 70 Hanover Street | Empire | Early 20c pub. In the pediment above the corner door is a shield with Robert Cain's unicorn logo. | SP photo 2008 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Robert Cain & Sons Ltd Liverpool | Liverpool, 81 Lime Street | Vines | Masterpiece by W W Thomas for Cain's brewery, 1907. In the mosaic floor of the corner lobby is the brewer's monogram 'R C & S'. Also later Walker's letter signs (qv). On CAMRA's National Inventory. | SP photo 2008 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Peter Walker & Sons Ltd - Warrington & Burton-upon-Trent | Liverpool, 81 Lime Street | Vines | Incorporated within the iron gates on the corner is the brewery's 'queen on horseback' trademark. Also individual letter signs in gold on both elevations above the ground floor windows: 'WALKERS WARRINGTON ALES'. Also a Robert Cain mosaic (qv). On CAMRA's National Inventory. | TN 2005; SP photo 2006; TB photo 2011 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Vaux Breweries Ltd Sunderland | Liverpool, 90 Athol Street | Athol Vaults | Closed and semi-derelict in May 2011. A Vaux board sign survives on the south end wall. | TB 2011 | . |
Merseyside |
Higson's Brewery Ltd Liverpool | Liverpool, Duke Street, corner of Campbell Street | Duke Street Mini Mart | On the Campbell Street side, a large (illuminated?) letter sign with 'HIGSONS ... Double Top'. | SP photo 2008 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Robert Cain & Sons Ltd Liverpool | Liverpool, Stanhope Street | Cain's and Higson's Brewery | The brewery's unicorn insignia appears above the main brewery gate, and above the Grapes pub on the corner of the brewery. | SP 2001; ME 2002; TB photo 2006 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Higson's Brewery Ltd Liverpool | Liverpool, Stanhope Street | Cain's and Higson's Brewery | Relief lettering in tiled terracotta. (1) On the parapet of the Stanhope Street elevation - 'DANIEL HIGSON BREWER ESTABLD. 1850'. (2) At first floor level on the 1902 extension - 'DANIEL HIGSON LTD. HIGSON'S BREWERY'. (3) Above the main gate is 'HIGSONS BREWERY' and a unicorn. An image of a unicorn also appears above the Grapes pub on the corner of the brewery. Higsons occupied this brewery from Robert Cain in 1923, so the lettering was added after this date. The 1850 date refers to Cain's foundation of the brewery on this site. | SP 2001; ME 2002; TB photo 2006 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Peter Walker & Sons Ltd - Warrington & Burton-upon-Trent | Liverpool, Vauxhall Road, corner of Burlington Street | Black Dog (former) | On the north wall is a large panel with raised lettering: 'WALKER'S WINE AND SPIRIT STORES'. Now William Hill bookmakers. | SP photo 2008 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Peter Walker & Sons Ltd - Warrington & Burton-upon-Trent | New Brighton, 19 Hope Street | Commercial | The livery is modern Cains but high on the wall on the corner is an old Peter Walker plaque saying "THE COMMERCIAL BY VIRTUE OF ITS HISTORIC INTEREST MERITS THE TITLE A PETER WALKER HERITAGE INN". | TB photo 2006 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Yates Castle Brewery Ltd Manchester | New Brighton, 7 Grosvenor Road | Perch Rock | Magnificent mosaic on the floor of the lobby - stylised writing - 'YATES'S MANCHESTER ALES & STOUT'. | MA 2003; TB photo 2006 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Bass, Ratcliffe & Gretton Ltd Burton-upon-Trent | New Brighton, Magazine Brow | Magazine | Each side of the front door is a glazed plaque with the red triangle logo, 'DRAUGHT BASS' and 'TRADE MARK'. Above these are half-lanterns set into the wall. There are also modern Bass signs, including 'Bass' in script on the south wall. Still sells Bass. | SP photo 2008 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Peter Walker & Sons Ltd - Warrington & Burton-upon-Trent | New Ferry, 43 New Chester Road | Farmers Arms | A large tiled panel with the pub name in applied lettering, and in the centre a roundel featuring the brewery's trademark. | WRB photo 2009 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Greenall Whitley & Co Ltd Warrington | Newton-le-Willows, High Street | Pied Bull Hotel | On the end wall, raised lettering: 'GREENALL WHITLEY & Co Ltd'. Also attractive lettering with the pub name and 'RESIDENTIAL & CATERING'. | TB photo 2007 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Greenall Whitley & Co Ltd Warrington | Prescot, Church Street | Deanes House | On a gable, a decorative stone plaque with monogram in unusual style: 'G W & Co'. Also a modern letter sign 'GREENALLS' above the main door. | TB photo 2008 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Greenall Whitley & Co Ltd St Helens | Prescot, Warrington Road | Plough Hotel (former) | A stone panel at high level, the lettering chipped off, but still evident: 'PLOUGH HOTEL ... GREENALL'S ... ST HELENS ALES'. No longer a pub. | TB photo 2008 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Threlfall's Brewery Co Ltd - Liverpool & Salford | Rock Ferry, New Chester Road | Star Hotel (former) | Good beige and dark green faience frontage with tiled fascia lettering: two examples of 'THRELFALL'S'. The former lettering 'STAR HOTEL' and 'BLUE LABEL' has been chipped off, but is still visible. The porch has a fine mosaic floor with a large image of a star enclosing lettering: 'STAR ... THRELFALL'S ... HOTEL'. Converted to retail. | BHK photo 2008 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Threlfall's Brewery Co Ltd - Liverpool & Salford | Seaforth, Bridge Road | Railway | Mosaic lettering in the porch: 'THRELFALL'S'. | BHK photo 2008 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Threlfall's Brewery Co Ltd - Liverpool & Salford | Seaforth, Seaforth Road | Seaforth Arms Hotel | Two stone panels (different designs) with monogram 'T B Co Ld'. In the leaded window above one of the doors is a third example. | BHK photo 2008 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Matthew Brown - Pole Street, Preston. Later Lion Brewery, Blackburn | Southport, 12 Seabank Road | Windmill | Two etched windows in art deco style with 'Lion Ales' in script, and a roundel containing a lion illustration above. | AH 2010; WRB photo 2010 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Peter Walker & Sons Ltd - Warrington & Burton-upon-Trent | Southport, 81 King Street | Cheshire Lines | Atop the pole sign is the Peter Walker trademark in gold. | AH photo 2010 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Greenall Whitley & Co Ltd St Helens | St Helens Junction, Lionel Street | Wheatsheaf Hotel (former) | Fading painted signs on the brickwork. Just discernible is lettering: 'GREENALLS ST HELENS ALES'. | WRB photo 2010 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Vaux Breweries Ltd Sunderland | St Helens, 27 Duke Street | Duke of Cambridge | Modern Vaux signs. Two small plaques and a board sign at first floor level. | TB 2007 | . |
Merseyside |
Ellis, Warde & Co Ltd Ormskirk | St Helens, 49 Morley Street | Turks Head Hotel | A logo in stonework features a monogram 'EW & Co' above the pub name. Also a mosaic tiled floor in the lobby with 'EW'. The brewery's name became Ellis, Warde & Co Ltd in 1919, so the monogram dates from after this time. Ellis, Warde & Co were taken over by Walker Cain of Warrington in 1929. | TB photo 2007; JAs 2007; WRB photo 2009 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Boddington Brewery Ltd Manchester | St Helens, 97 Duke Street | Sportsmans Arms | Full Boddington branding, including a plaque. | TB 2007 | . |
Merseyside |
Higson's Brewery Ltd Liverpool | Wallasey, 2 Wallasey Village | Cheshire Cheese | An etched window with 'HIGSON'S ALES'. | BHK photo 2008 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Higson's Brewery Ltd Liverpool | Wallasey, 225 Wallasey Village | Farmers Arms | An attractive pub, dated 1924, which has retained its Higson's livery, including a letter sign on the front, a board sign on the end wall, and a hanging sign with 'HIGSONS' topped by a gold liver bird with hop leaf. | TB photo 2006 | Picture |
Merseyside |
Birkenhead Brewery Co Ltd Birkenhead | Wallasey, Seaview Road - Wallasey Road | Wellington Hotel (renamed Dukes) | Two stone plaques at high level with 'B B Co' - one on each road elevation. | WRB photo 2008; AH 2008 | Picture |