Now the Tatton Arms will be known to many Northdenden residents.
According to various sources it was once known as the Boat House Inn, was built in 1873, opened the following year, and finally shut up shop in 2007.*
Since then, it has remained closed, a prey to vandals and the attention of developers who submitted plans for the place in 2017 and again last year.
As part of his pre lockdown walks, Andy Robertson took a stroll into Northenden and recorded the present state of the pub, along with the church and the other public houses.
And as you do I went looking for further information and came across the ghost site, from What?ub which offered up a short history, a telephone number, the facilities available and the opening times, all of which was a bit odd given that there was also a warning comments that “This pub is currently closed…… awaiting re-development”.**
But perhaps I am being a tad unfair.
Strictly speaking the entry is less a ghost site and more a mix of current and historic information allowing the reader to get a flavour of one of our lost pubs.
Location; Northenden
Pictures; The Tatton Arms, 2021, from the collection of Andy Robertson
*Tatton Arms/ Boat House Inn. Boat Lane, https://pubs-of-manchester.blogspot.com/2014/02/tatton-arms-boat-house-inn-boat-lane.html
**Tatton Arms, What?ub, https://whatpub.com/pubs/MAS/4462/tatton-arms-northenden
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