O/T What was the original/previous use of The Friar Penketh? : Tue Feb 25, 2020 7:41 pm  

It's a great Art Deco building, but I cannot remember what it was before becoming a pub. Can anyone jog my memory, please?

Re: O/T What was the original/previous use of The Friar Penk : Tue Feb 25, 2020 7:51 pm  

Was it a Barclays bank ?

Re: O/T What was the original/previous use of The Friar Penk : Tue Feb 25, 2020 7:58 pm  

Was a new build planning approved in 1999 on the former site of Warrington Friary.

Re: O/T What was the original/previous use of The Friar Penk : Tue Feb 25, 2020 9:40 pm  

Taylow woodrow had an office on the site.

Re: O/T What was the original/previous use of The Friar Penk : Wed Feb 26, 2020 7:41 am  

Certainly not an art deco building. Whatever building was there prior, the friar penketh is a new building, built for JD Weatherspoons as a pub. it's not an old building that's been converted.

Re: O/T What was the original/previous use of The Friar Penk : Wed Feb 26, 2020 8:57 am  

There was a pub on the site called the Old House at Home . It had a long narrow bar often frequented in the old days by actors and performers at the theatre across the road