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Peveril of the Peak, Manchester
Manchester
M1 5JQ
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Al Bundy left this review about Peveril of the Peak
A nice looking little pub. Well described elsewhere. Sadly the interior, though interesting, is a bit downtrodden and could do with a bit of attention. There were only 3 beers available on my visit but the pub is worth seeking out anyway. I liked it.
On 17th March 2017
- rating: 8
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Quinno _ left this review about Peveril of the Peak
One of Britain’s most iconic pub exteriors, this striking green and yellow glazed triangular pub is a survivor in an area undergoing a fair bit of change. The pub is named after a horse-drawn coach that used to run from Manchester to London through the Peak District, taking 23 hours. The interior is also of heritage importance - three rooms in total; a public bar with the original (and ludicrously rare) version of table football from the 1950s, a games room with pool and darts, a drinking corridor and a rear lounge with bell-pushes. There is plenty of lovely dark wood and oodles of art nouveau stained glass on display. However there does seem to be an air of shabbiness with some TLC required in places, particularly the rear lounge where the padded bench seating was one of the most uncomfortable my rump has ever encountered. Four ales on - Brightside Odin (fine) and Titanic Plum Porter (fine), TT Landlord and one from Seven Brothers. Deathly quiet on our Tuesday lunchtime visit - only one other customer and a bored barman. Though given the amount of offices nearby I would assume it gets much busier after work. It’s a definite must-visit if you’ve never been, but just falls short of being essential. A few quid in the right places would make it so. 8.5
On 1st February 2017
- rating: 8
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Pub SignMan left this review about Peveril of the Peak
A lone survivor in an area of heavy modern redevelopment, this excellent traditional pub draws attention to itself as much by the fact that it is so conspicuously out of place in its present surrounding as by the wonderful yellow/green tiling that characterises its exterior. The interior comprises four distinct drinking areas, one of which is a twisting lobby area giving access to the bar and offering some limited seating options and a good deal of standing space. The main bar is on the Chepstow Street side of the building and forms a wedge shape with a curved servery standing out thanks to ample attractive stained glasswork, predominantly in the canopy but also around the serving hatch out to the lobby. The room has long padded benches along the external wall, supplemented by low stools, and at the far end there was a covered football table which might not get to much use as it's a rare 1950's table, of which very few examples remain. Across the lobby is a nice carpeted lounge, with sturdy banquettes, low stools and some strange looking low-backed chairs. The room doubles up as a games room of sorts, with a pool table and dartboard in attendance, plus a juke box which was blasting out some Led Zeppelin tunes during my stay. Walls were decorated with various bits of breweriana, a poster detailing local pubs and one end had a large stained glass screen which partitioned it off from the lobby. A final space, the Smoke Room, can be found at the other end of the lobby. This is another small carpeted room with fixed bench seating, bell pushes, period wallpaper and a rather grand marble and tile fireplace on the end wall.
The ale range comprised Copper Dragon Golden Pippen, Taylor Landlord, Moorhouse Black Cat and Seven Brothers Session. I decided to try a pint of the latter, having never encountered this brewery previously, and was glad to find it a solid session ale in excellent condition. The staff seemed like a friendly bunch and the customers were generating a lively early evening atmosphere.
This is exactly the sort of pub I love spending time in, so it was typically bad timing on my part that this was the last pub I visited before having to dash for a train back home. I found this a very welcoming and comfortable place to settle down for a pint and would have loved to spend more time exploring the outstanding interior in more detail. A really satisfying pub-going experience and one I hope to repeat sooner rather than later.
On 27th November 2015
- rating: 9
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Malden man left this review about Peveril of the Peak
I was delighted to get in here as sometimes the hours can be a bit haphazard, this is a real Manchester institution, a stand out building with an amazing tiled exterior in contrast to the surrounding buildings. Inside is superbly preserved too, three rooms of a central zig-zag corridor which also has a drinking ledge. The pub is shaped like an old flat iron with public bar being in the thin end where the handpumps are. This room has limited seating due to its shape with benches and small stools at three tables, there is a vintage bar football table in here. The back room has darts and pool but also some seating and the snug/parlour has a nice old fireplace. Lots of leaded stained glass, lino floors, the TV is a tiny one on a shelf, I doubt it sees much service, this is a convivial place where beer and conversation are the point. A wall in the public bar has photos of celebrity visitors, quite a few of them, this place really is a must do for the pub lover.
Even the gents toilets require comment, the tiling is white interspersed with chequerboard inserts which I took to be from the old Wilson's Brewery.
Beers on this occasion were Copper Dragon Golden Pippin, Landlord, Moorhouse Black Cat and Seven Bro7hers Watermelon Wheat Beer (swerved that). The pub is reassuringly cash only.
There is a bit of outside seating at picnic benches set in an island at the end of the road junction outside, why would you want to sit there though when you can sit inside this marvellous pub and soak up years of traditional pub atmosphere? Just brilliant.
On 15th November 2015
- rating: 9
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Blackthorn _ left this review about Peveril of the Peak
An unusual tiled and triangular shaped pub that is clearly from a different era to the more modern and much taller buildings that surround it, it looks slightly out of place but nonetheless is appealing and intriguing and one could not resist venturing in.
Inside it’s divided in to two or three rooms with the bar counter being at one end of the triangle, and this is a small, roughly L-shaped room. The curved, wood-panelled bar counter has plenty of stained glass above and there is further stained glass in the wooden partition at the end of the room. A table football game was at one end and there were a few photographs on the wall, mainly of pub patrons by the look of things. Decor wise it’s quite traditional with a red lino type material on the floor, a brown wall-papered ceiling and pale green paintwork elsewhere. Another room housed a pool table, but I did not investigate this.
Beers on tap were Skipton Copper Dragon, Marstons EPA, Betty Stoggs and Golden Sheep. The solitary cider was Strongbow, unfortunately. Overall, despite the disappointing cider choice, I thought this was a great little pub with friendly staff, and well worth seeking out.
On 4th March 2015
- rating: 8
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Real Ale Ray left this review about Peveril of the Peak
Listed in the National Inventory of Britains Heritage Pubs. The exterior ceramic tiles are stunning and the pub stands out from the surrounding buildings on approach. The interior consists of three rooms and a dogleg corridor, which also serves as a drinking lobby. There were four ales on handpump, l went for the Everards Tiger and the Copper Dragon.
On 13th June 2013
- rating: 9
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Peter Rydings left this review about Peveril of the Peak
Great little pub called in on the 23rd of jan had a good pint of copper dragon its a must if your in Manchester
On 2nd February 2013
- rating: 9
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ROB Camra left this review about Peveril of the Peak
An excellent pub that is one of our regular drop ins in Manchester. The landlady is the longest serving in the whole of Manchester. Well described by JB below.
The beer is good, but the range is somewhat limited to large regionals. Opening hours are not erratic, they're standard, just not anyone else's standard.
12 - 3 & 5 - 11 Monday to Friday.
5 - 11 Saturday unless Man Utd are at home when it's also open 12 - 3.
5 - 10:30 Sunday.
On 18th September 2012
- rating: 8
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John Bonser left this review about Peveril of the Peak
Another one of Manchester’s iconic and best known pubs, The Peveril of the Peak is immediately noticeable for its splendid green and yellowish distinctive ceramic tiled all over exterior which contrasts quite starkly against the surrounding tall brick industrial buildings. It’s a wedge shaped building in a central area of Manchester where much development has taken place and many new large buildings and trendy flats have sprung up over the years. The building is Grade 2 listed and dates back to 1829.
It’s a small three roomed pub with separate entrances on two streets leading to a small central tiled corridor. The main bar is small with fixed seating round the perimeter. Somewhat surprisingly, given its small size, room is found for an old table football game. A framed article on the wall nearby tells us that it’s one of only three of its type known to be in existence. The walls are adorned with various photos of famous people who have evidently called in over the years. The bar gantry retains fine coloured decorative leaded Art Nouveau glass inserts.
The other two rooms are on the other side of the corridor and feature some fixed red velour seats, bell pushes and various old prints. In one of the rooms is a pool table and dartboard. A framed print tells us that the pub is named after a stagecoach that used to make the journey from Manchester to London ( via the Peak District ) in 23 hours. There’s also a fine painting of someone who I took to be Sir Matt Busby. Notable also is a mirror presented to the landlady, Theresa Swannick ( Nancy ), in 2011 by the Trafford and Hulme Branch of CAMRA in recognition of her 40 years as landlady. There’s a few picnic style tables outside on the pavement.
It’s a former Wilson’s pub with some of the trademark chequerboard tiling remaining in the gents toilet. For its unspoilt interior, the pub is listed in CAMRA’s National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors.
A bank of 3 pumps was offering Deuchars IPA, Everards Tiger and Jennings Cumberland. A fourth pump, rather oddly on its own further round the bar, was offering a Copper Dragon beer. Despite the pub being quite busy on my recent Thursday evening visit, bar staff were coping admirably with the throng and, notably, the barman who served me remembered what I had ordered previously. Both the Tiger and the Deuchars IPA were in good nick. The pub is listed in the 2012 CAMRA Good Beer Guide.
Opening hours appear to be somewhat unpredictable – the pub didn’t appear to be open when I passed by on a Monday lunchtime earlier in the week ( and again later in the evening ), but you should most definitely call in if you can
On 3rd April 2012
- rating: 8
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Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about Peveril of the Peak
Unmissable pub, with its bright two-tone yellowy-green tiled and painted exterior standing out from the sombre industrial and commercial buildings which tower above it. The interior is constrained by the curious layout imposed by the adjacent streets, with limited space in the main bar but two other rooms (one with a pool table) on the other side of the through corridor. Beer-wise, the choice is limited to four handpumps, but my pint of Copper Dragon Golden Pippin (£2.95) was on fine form. Overall, it offers a splendid step back in time.
On 4th July 2010
- rating: 8
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