Tollemache Arms

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Greater Manchester - Mossley

One star - A pub interior of special national historic interest

Listed Status: Not listed

415 Manchester Road
Mossley
OL5 9BG

Tel: (01457) 832119

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Real Ale: Yes

Nearby Station: Mossley (Manchester)

Station Distance: 1500m

Public Transport: Near Railway Station (Mossley (Manchester)) and Bus Stop

Bus: Yes

View on: Whatpub

In front of the Huddersfield Narrow Canal and at the end of a terrace of 1837, it was converted into a pub between 1847 and 1866. It is little changed since a refit after it became a Robinson's pub in 1926. The drinking lobby has an untouched servery at the rear left. On the front left is the former tap room but it has lost a small piece of wall separating it from the lobby bar. It has 1920s fixed seating and is served via a hatch. There is a small separate public bar (figure '2' on the door) with fixed seating all around and Britannia tables. The stone fireplace is from the 1960s which is probably the date of the loss of the room divisions. Do visit the gents' - the biggest room in the pub as locals explain!
Situated at the end of a terrace of stone-built houses built by John Peach in 1837, it was converted into a small pub between 1847 and 1866. It is little changed since a refit just after it became a Robinsons pub in 1926. The restored Huddersfield Narrow canal runs along the rear of the property. From the panelled inner porch and through a door with stained glass panels is the drinking lobby with an untouched servery in the rear left corner. There is a oak panelled counter, a bevelled mirrored bar back fitting with the only change is the loss of a few shelves for a fridge, and a split door for staff access which has a leaded panel. This lobby area has inter-war panelling to picture frame height, a door at the rear has a 'Private' colourful stained glass panel at the top, and panelling continues up the open staircase.

On the front left is a small area which was originally the tap room but it has lost a small piece of wall that separated it from the lobby bar, possibly in the 1960s. It has 1930s or older fixed seating and is served from a hatch to the side of the servery - note the figure '3' on the beam in the lobby bar area. Until 2015 there was a small separate public bar with a figure '2' on the door but the Robinsons tenant took off the door and knocked a large hole in the top part of the wall between the lobby and the public bar. It retains the fixed seating from c.1926 around the room and a stone fireplace from the 1960s. Do visit the gents - locals explain it's the biggest room in the pub! The table and chair in the gents' was put there for a local called Dick who smoked a pipe. Although he died in c.2005 the table still remains. There was no till in the pub until 1998. The car park is across the road.
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