Crown and Kettle
{{Short description|Pub in Manchester, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2024}}
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| image_caption = Crown and Kettle, 2014
| building_type = Public house
| coordinates = {{Coord|53.48524|-2.22970|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
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| address = 2 Oldham Road, Manchester, M4 5FE
| years_built = Early 19th century, with alterations{{cite web |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1246276?section=official-list-entry |title=Crown and Kettle Public House |author= |website=Historic England |access-date=2 February 2024}}
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| floor_count = 2
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| public_transit = Manchester Victoria
| website = [https://www.thecrownandkettle.com/ thecrownandkettle.com]
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| designation1 = Grade II Listed Building
| designation1_offname = Crown and Kettle Public House
| designation1_date = 2 October 1974
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The Crown and Kettle is a Grade II listed pub in the Ancoats area of Manchester, England. It is located on the corner of Oldham Road and Great Ancoats Street. The Campaign for Real Ale considers it a "pub with outstanding conversion or restoration."{{cite web |url=https://ocrpubs.camra.org.uk/pubs/214 |title=Crown & Kettle |author= |website=CAMRA |access-date=2 February 2024}}
History
The pub was originally opened around 1800 in a Gothic style with traceried windows{{cite web |url=https://www.manchester.gov.uk/info/511/conservation_areas/1216/ancoats_conservation_area/3 |title=Ancoats Conservation area |author= |website=Manchester City Council |access-date=2 February 2024}} and was previously known as the 'Iron Dish & Cob of Coal'. There are records of a building being in this location since as early as 1734,{{cite web |url=https://whatpub.com/pubs/MAN/9688/crown-kettle-manchester |title=Crown & Kettle |author= |website=What Pub |access-date=2 February 2024}} with it at one time serving as a courthouse.{{cite news |last=Campbell |first=Jenna |date=5 April 2023 |title=One of Manchester's oldest pubs named among best in North West |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/food-drink-news/one-manchesters-oldest-pubs-named-26634988 |work=Manchester Evening News |access-date=2 February 2024}}
The mahogany panelling originally installed within the small snug is claimed to have been sourced from one of a pair of British rigid airships, R100{{cite web |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/campaigns/visit/walking-tours/historic-pub-walks-north-west-england/manchester/ |title=Manchester Historic Pub Walk |author= |website=Historic England |access-date=2 February 2024}} or R101.
On 2 October 1974, the Crown and Kettle became a Grade II listed building.
In 1989, the pub was closed by Manchester City Council following a fire which damaged half of the interior.{{cite news |last=Barton |first=Phoebe |date=3 February 2023 |title=Manchester's oldest and most historic pubs that our city wouldn't be the same without |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/nostalgia/manchesters-oldest-most-historic-pubs-26138174 |work=Manchester Evening News |access-date=2 February 2024}} It reopened in 2005 following restoration work with Historic England, including to the plaster ceiling which was restored in one bar and left in an unrestored state in the other. The stone columns that are still present used to hold chandeliers hanging from ceiling roses. The interior was refurbished again in 2020.
In 2023, the Crown and Kettle was recognised as one of the best pubs in the North West when it was named as a county winner in the National Pub & Bar Awards.{{cite news |last=Collier |first=Katie |date=5 April 2023 |title=The White Bull wins in National Pub & Bar Awards 2023 |url=https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/23436269.white-bull-wins-national-pub-bar-awards-2023/ |work=Lancashire Telegraph |access-date=2 February 2024}}
See also
{{portal|Greater Manchester}}