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MANCHESTER, GREATER - Manchester, City Centre, Mr Thomas's Chop House

National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors Part Two

52 Cross Street, Manchester, M2 7AR

Tel: 0161 832 2245

Public Transport: Railway Station: Manchester Victoria; Metrolink: Market Street

Pub Food: 12 to 9

Listed Status: Grade II

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A tall, narrow building dated 1901 in the gable. It's a typical example of exuberant end-of-the-nineteenth-century architecture - in this case in an ornate Jacobean style. The front part has red brick and terracotta while the rear is all faced in buff terracotta. Over half of this magnificent tiled interior is operated as a high class restaurant www.tomschophouse.com. The interior consists of four spaces, one behind the other, the middle two defined by a wide, green-tiled arch. These two areas are characterised by an impressive display of tilework, with a green dado running round the walls and cream tiling above extending to ceiling. A black and white tiled flooring runs throughout the whole of the pub. The two restaurant areas each have 2 arches in right-hand wall. All arches lined with green tiling and one houses a large wine rack.

In the front section is a modern bar counter and back-fitting. Through a doorway is another modern counter and there is a small modern counter in the restaurant section. In the rear small area, also defined by a green-tiled arch, is an excellent ceramic fireplace. There is an outside seating area at the rear of the building - table service operates lunchtimes in the outside seating area (and possibly at other times).