{{Short description|Former pub in Walkden, Greater Manchester, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Use British English|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox building | name = The Ellesmere | alternate_name = Ellesmere Hotel | image = The Ellesmere, Walkden.jpg | image_size = | alt = Stone building in a High Victorian Gothic style | image_caption = The former pub in 2010 | building_type = [[Public house]] (formerly) | coordinates = {{Coord|53.5185|-2.3970|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} | location = Walkden Road, [[Walkden]], [[Greater Manchester]], England | pushpin_map = Greater Manchester | years_built = 1860s or 1870s | architectural_style = [[High Victorian Gothic]] | closing_date = | status = Converted to offices | designations = {{Designation list | embed = yes | designation1 = Grade II Listed Building | designation1_offname = The Ellesmere public house | designation1_date = 2 September 1987 | designation1_number = {{NHLE|num=1287521|short=y|postscript=none}} }} }}
'''The Ellesmere''' is a [[Grade II listed]] former [[public house]] on Walkden Road in [[Walkden]], a town in the [[City of Salford]], Greater Manchester, England. Built in the 1860s or 1870s in a [[High Victorian Gothic]] style, it stood beside [[Walkden Low Level railway station|Walkden Stocks station]] and was built to serve its passengers. The building appears as the Ellesmere Hotel on late 19th and early 20th‑century [[Ordnance Survey]] maps. It was later converted to offices.
==History== The building was constructed in the 1860s or 1870s, according to its official listing,<ref name="NHLE">{{NHLE|num=1287521 |desc=The Ellesmere public house |grade=II |access-date=21 May 2026}}</ref> to serve passengers at the neighbouring [[Walkden Low Level railway station|Walkden Stocks station]],<ref name="Civic">{{cite report |date=January 2017 |title=A Walk through the History of Walkden |url=https://worsleycivictrust.org/Walkden_Heritage_Trail_files/Walkden%20Heritage%20Trail%20Version%207.pdf |website=Worsley Civic Trust |access-date=21 May 2026}}</ref> which closed in 1954.
The 1893 and 1938 [[Ordnance Survey]] maps mark the building as the Ellesmere Hotel [[public house]], and the earlier edition also shows a [[bowling green]] beside it.<ref>{{cite web |year=1893 |title=OS 25 inch England and Wales, 1841–1952 {{!}} Lancashire XCV.14 |url=https://maps.nls.uk/view/126521657 |website=[[National Library of Scotland]] |publisher=[[Ordnance Survey]] |access-date=21 May 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |year=1938 |title=OS 25 inch England and Wales, 1841–1952 {{!}} Lancashire XCV.14 |url=https://maps.nls.uk/view/126521666 |website=[[National Library of Scotland]] |publisher=[[Ordnance Survey]] |access-date=21 May 2026}}</ref>
On 2 September 1987, The Ellesmere was designated a [[Grade II listed]] building.<ref name="NHLE" />
The building was subsequently converted to office use, although the date of the conversion is not recorded.<ref name="Civic" />
==Architecture== The building is constructed in stone, with brickwork to the rear and a slate roof, and has two storeys arranged across three [[Bay (architecture)|bays]] at the front and four along the side.<ref name="Ellesmere">{{cite web |title=The Ellesmere Public House |url=https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101287521-the-ellesmere-public-house-walkden-south-ward |website=British Listed Buildings |access-date=21 May 2026}}</ref> It is designed in a [[High Victorian Gothic]] style, with a raised base, horizontal bands between the floors and deep [[eaves]] beneath a steep roof.<ref name="NHLE" /> The ground floor has three [[mullion]] and [[sash window]]s with stone frames, and the main entrance sits between the second and third bays, topped by a [[fanlight]] and a small [[gable]] carrying the Ellesmere [[English heraldry|coat of arms]]. Above, three matching first‑floor windows have arched tops and slender dividing shafts.<ref name="Ellesmere" />
The left-hand corner is angled at street level and contains a doorway with a shouldered arch, above which is a polygonal [[oriel window]] marking the turn into Brindley Street.<ref name="NHLE" /> The Brindley Street side follows the same general treatment but includes a blocked opening on the ground floor and two gabled [[dormer]] windows with arched lights and decorative [[finial]]s.<ref name="Ellesmere" />
==See also== {{portal|Greater Manchester}} *[[Listed buildings in Worsley]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Commons category}} {{Salford B&S}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ellesmere, The}} [[Category:19th-century establishments in England]] [[Category:Buildings and structures in Salford]] [[Category:Grade II listed pubs in Greater Manchester]]