Demolished 22/12/2009. Closed 1/9/2008. Planning Application 089986/OO/2009/S2 | OUTLINE APPLICATION for the approval of layout and means of access for the erection of 20 no. x two storey dwellinghouses and 6 no. x three storey self-contained apartments. Granted 18/12/2009. As of 1/8/2017 the site is now Georgiou Court (231 Portway), a number of residential flats. Interestingly, the former pub's hanging sign post is now used to hold the name of the development. This hanging-sign 'trick' has been mimiced at the nearby former Ryecroft Arms in Cheadle Hulme. History: Was a large, multi-roomed Burtonwood estate pub, set on a road junction. Began life as the Cock o' th' North, a Groves & Whitnall house, then in time becoming a Greenalls house.
Further history here:
Pubs of Manchester blog
Photo here:
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