2013

SJ8398 : Old Wellington Inn

taken 10 years ago, near to Manchester, England

This is 1 of 4 images, with title Old Wellington Inn in this square
Old Wellington Inn
Old Wellington Inn
Shambles Square

Shambles Square is a square in Manchester, created in 1999 to house the rebuilt Old Wellington Inn and Sinclair's Oyster Bar next to The Mitre Hotel.
The building that is now The Old Wellington Inn was built in 1552 next to Manchester's market square. Sinclairs Oyster House started life in the 18th century as John Shaws Punch House.
In 1974 most of the old property between Shudehill and Market Street was demolished to accommodate the new Arndale Shopping Centre. The Shambles was underpinned with a concrete raft and, according to the Greater Manchester County Records Office, jacked-up 4 feet 9 inches to fit in with this development in the newly created Shambles Square.
In 1998, £12M funding was provided by the government-sponsored Redevelopment Agency English Partnerships, private companies, the European Community and Manchester City Council to redevelop Shambles Square. The buildings were subsequently dismantled and moved 300 metres northwards to their present location, close to Manchester Cathedral in 1999. The Old Wellington Inn and Sinclair's were rebuilt at 90 degrees to each other and joined together by a stone extension to form two sides of the new Shambles Square.


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This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Grade II Listed [455] Other Photos: · Sinclairs Oyster Bar · Old Wellington Inn & Sinclairs Oyster Bar Title Clusters: · Old Wellington Inn [4] ·
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SJ8398, 3266 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
N Chadwick   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 21 December, 2013   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 6 February, 2014
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 8387 9868 [10m precision]
WGS84: 53:29.0752N 2:14.6725W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 8387 9866
View Direction
North-northeast (about 22 degrees)
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