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MANCHESTER, GREATER - Rochdale, Cemetery Hotel National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors Part Two 470 Bury Road, Rochdale, OL11 5EU (B6222/B6452) Tel: 01706 713932 Draught Beer & Cider: Range of real ales Listed Status: Grade II View this pub on a local map
This ominously-named corner pub takes its name from the nearby cemetery - nothing more worrying than that! It was built in the later nineteenth and given a face-lift a little late, probably in the Edwardian years. From the front door there is an inner porch with ‘Cemetery Hotel’ mosaic floor and a dado of rich vibrant various shades of green with cream tiling up to the ceiling finished off with a row of green tiles at cornice level. The dado of rich vibrant various shades of green continues throughout the lobby and into the drinking lobby in front of the servery. The tiling on the wall opposite the servery has been suffered from some movement to the property. Within the tiling are very decorative tiled panels of shades of green and orange. The bar back appears modern, but the bar counter could be old, if not Edwardian.
There are three rooms. The most impressive of the three rooms is the front left Parlour with ‘2’ on the door. It is expensively fitted and includes very good seating. There are four seating areas created by substantial part glazed mahogany baffles with classical columns. Either side of the entrance door are two imposing mahogany baffles with leaded glass panels in the top part. The room has a distinctive turquoise tiled/ceramic fireplace (which is showing signs of wear) with a good wood surround including a mirror. The room has retained an original etched front window with the wording ‘Wines & Spirits’ but the two side windows are poor replacements for the original ‘Crown Ales’ and ‘Cemetery Hotel’ etched windows lost in recent years.
The small pool room on the front right with a ‘1’ on the door is by comparison extremely plain with a wood block floor, bare fixed seating all around the room with unusual cushioned sections on a wood backing. The room still retains its original ‘Crown Ales’ front window and there is a range fireplace, which normally indicates the room was formerly a kitchen, and would predate the Edwardian refit. The small snug on the rear left has ‘3’ on the door, retains old fixed seating with a baffle but it has lost its fireplace and the windows are poor replacements of the original ‘Crown Ales’ and ‘Wines & Spirits’ etched ones. There is a (modern) hatch for service to the side of the servery..
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