| Peveril of the Peak | |
| Building Type: | Public house |
| Address: | 127 Great Bridgewater Street, Manchester, M1 5JQ |
| Est Completion: | --> |
| Opened Date: | 1820 |
| Destruction Date: | --> |
| Public Transit: | Manchester Oxford Road |
The Peveril of the Peak is a historic public house in Manchester, England. The Campaign for Real Ale considers it to have an "interior of exceptional national historic importance."[1]
The pub was built 1820 and underwent internal and external remodelling around 1900.[2] It has a green tiled exterior with polished wood, stained glass windows and bench seating inside.
The source of its name is disputed, with some saying it references the 1823 novel of the same name by Sir Walter Scott,[3] and others that it is in commemoration of a horse-drawn stagecoach that travelled between Manchester and London in only two days.[4] [5]
The pub was reportedly used as a brothel by G.I.s during the Second World War.[3]
On 19 June 1988, the Peveril of the Peak was Grade II listed.[2]
The pub stands on a roughly triangular tract of land between Chepstow Street and Great Bridgewater Street, with the rest of the original terrace demolished, surrounded by taller office and apartment blocks from the 19th and 21st centuries.[6]