Image To the right is Winter's Image This Grade II listed https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1067178 building was constructed in the late 19th century, remodelled c.1904 and in c.1990. The upper floors are decorated with three semi-circular headed niches, each with a pedimented canopy, hanging bell and a shaped plinth supporting a painted figure, to the left a soldier, to the centre Father Time with scythe, and to the right a sailor, each connected to the bell. A projecting illuminated square clock-face hangs above the doorway. Jacob Winter, a successful Jewish businessman, established a watch and clock repair business at 23 Little Underbank in c.1890, expanding into No.25 in the early 1900s, when the frontage was remodelled. The shop front included a patent mechanism to lower the entire display into the basement, for security. The clock has been restored and re-built on several occasions due to traffic damage. The jewellers closed in the 1980s and the premises were acquired by Holts who turned it into a pub. It closed in January 2018 but has since been extensively restored and has now re-opened as Bistro Marc Image In the background is the Grade II listed https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1067155 St Petersgate Bridge. It was constructed in 1866-8. The designer was R Rawlinson, and the engineer was Brierley of Blackburn. The cost was around £6,000. A contemporary description of the bridge notes 'six arches, the central one over the Underbank-street being of cast-iron, with perforated parapets and a sufficiency of ornament to prevent its being (as many bridges over public streets are) an eyesore and offensive to good taste'. The Stockport coat of arms on the bridge cartouche was adopted in 1836, and was said to be the arms of the Stopford or Stockport family, Barons of Stockport (later superseded by a coat of arms granted by the College of Arms in two stages in 1932 & 1959).."> Little Underbank
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Little Underbank

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Little Underbank

Image: © Gerald England Taken: 19 Aug 2023

Much restoration has taken place here in recent years. Now a "Pedestrian and Cycle Zone" the street can be accessed by one vehicle only at a time controlled by automatic bollards. To the left the premises on the corner of Royal Oak Yard were previously a mobile phone shop and in the past have been a general store and a hat shop. It opened in autumn 2019 as a Blues Bar and Jazz venue Image To the right is Winter's Image This Grade II listed https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1067178 building was constructed in the late 19th century, remodelled c.1904 and in c.1990. The upper floors are decorated with three semi-circular headed niches, each with a pedimented canopy, hanging bell and a shaped plinth supporting a painted figure, to the left a soldier, to the centre Father Time with scythe, and to the right a sailor, each connected to the bell. A projecting illuminated square clock-face hangs above the doorway. Jacob Winter, a successful Jewish businessman, established a watch and clock repair business at 23 Little Underbank in c.1890, expanding into No.25 in the early 1900s, when the frontage was remodelled. The shop front included a patent mechanism to lower the entire display into the basement, for security. The clock has been restored and re-built on several occasions due to traffic damage. The jewellers closed in the 1980s and the premises were acquired by Holts who turned it into a pub. It closed in January 2018 but has since been extensively restored and has now re-opened as Bistro Marc Image In the background is the Grade II listed https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1067155 St Petersgate Bridge. It was constructed in 1866-8. The designer was R Rawlinson, and the engineer was Brierley of Blackburn. The cost was around £6,000. A contemporary description of the bridge notes 'six arches, the central one over the Underbank-street being of cast-iron, with perforated parapets and a sufficiency of ornament to prevent its being (as many bridges over public streets are) an eyesore and offensive to good taste'. The Stockport coat of arms on the bridge cartouche was adopted in 1836, and was said to be the arms of the Stopford or Stockport family, Barons of Stockport (later superseded by a coat of arms granted by the College of Arms in two stages in 1932 & 1959).

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Image Location

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53.410848
Longitude
-2.157016