Pub Heritage Orford Hotel
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Cheshire - Orford
One star - A pub interior of special national historic interest
Listed Status: II
175 Gorsey LaneOrford
WA2 7RX
Tel: (01925) 240943
Nearby Station: Warrington Central
Station Distance: 1500m
Public Transport: Near Railway Station (Warrington Central) and Bus Stop
Bus: Yes
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A distinguished Tudor Gothic building with a stone-fronted, symmetrical facade, the Orford was built in 1908 for brewers Greenall Whitley. Much of the original six-room floor plan remains. On the right is the former 'Outdoor Department' (off-sales), named in etched glass. The public bar has its originally counter (slightly moved to the left), fixed seating but the tiled floor is new. A doorway leads to another room at the rear, served via a hatch. A passage down the rear has another hatch and a small alcove with seating. In the left-hand front door an etched glass panel announces 'Lounge Hall'and leads initially into a lobby bar (servery added in the 1970s but the fixed seating appears original). Art Nouveau tiling throughout the passageway. Both front and rear left-hand rooms have original seating (but fireplaces lost). The 'Lounge Hall' itself has plainer seating than the last two rooms (perhaps inter-war work). The left-hand gents' is largely original (but some painting over on the tiling sadly).
Built 1908 in buff terracotta by Wright & Hamblyn for Greenall Whitley Brewery Company. It retains much of original floor plan of six rooms; good glass and tiling.
On the right is a vestibule entrance where the door has ‘Outdoor Department’ in an etched and frosted panel and in front of you is an intact screened off-sales with rising hatch (now out of use). Only part of the partition that separated the off-sales from the bar remains and the public bar door is now out of use. Public Bar has an original panelled bar counter with brackets that has been moved slightly to the left but the bar back is modern (but the cabinet could be old). Original fixed seating remains with a substantial baffle at the left end and elaborate arms including a circular section around the bay window. The tiled floor is new and it has lost its fireplace. There is a modern vestibule to the gents on the right. A doorway leads to another room at the rear which is served via a hatch to the back of the servery but has no old fittings. A passage down the rear of the pub has another hatch and a small alcove opposite which has modern seating.
The left-hand front door has a vestibule with ‘Lounge Hall’ etched and frosted panel in inner door with a figure ‘1’ on the back of it leading to the lobby bar. This has a bar counter and back added in the 1970s but the fixed seating looks original. Note the row of Art Nouveau tiles at dado level throughout the passageway. The front left room has original seating but a replacement fireplace. The rear left room has original fixed seating but the fireplace has been lost.
Doorway and curtain to lounge hall where fixed seating is not so elaborate as in the two bars so could be inter-war work. Gents on the left is intact with a ‘Lavatory’ etched panel in the door, red tiled floor, original urinals and some original dado tiling and other tiling has been painted over
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On the right is a vestibule entrance where the door has ‘Outdoor Department’ in an etched and frosted panel and in front of you is an intact screened off-sales with rising hatch (now out of use). Only part of the partition that separated the off-sales from the bar remains and the public bar door is now out of use. Public Bar has an original panelled bar counter with brackets that has been moved slightly to the left but the bar back is modern (but the cabinet could be old). Original fixed seating remains with a substantial baffle at the left end and elaborate arms including a circular section around the bay window. The tiled floor is new and it has lost its fireplace. There is a modern vestibule to the gents on the right. A doorway leads to another room at the rear which is served via a hatch to the back of the servery but has no old fittings. A passage down the rear of the pub has another hatch and a small alcove opposite which has modern seating.
The left-hand front door has a vestibule with ‘Lounge Hall’ etched and frosted panel in inner door with a figure ‘1’ on the back of it leading to the lobby bar. This has a bar counter and back added in the 1970s but the fixed seating looks original. Note the row of Art Nouveau tiles at dado level throughout the passageway. The front left room has original seating but a replacement fireplace. The rear left room has original fixed seating but the fireplace has been lost.
Doorway and curtain to lounge hall where fixed seating is not so elaborate as in the two bars so could be inter-war work. Gents on the left is intact with a ‘Lavatory’ etched panel in the door, red tiled floor, original urinals and some original dado tiling and other tiling has been painted over
