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Covent Garden, STOCKPORT, SK1 3AX

The Red Bull is a locally listed building http://maps.stockport.gov.uk/internet/gisshed/infopage2.aspx?idno=615 The public house was probably constructed in the late 18th century, with alterations and rear additions in the late 19th century, internal remodelling in the 20th century. The building is 2-storey over cellars and with an attic, and is L-plan with a projecting wing to the right. It is constructed of rendered red brick with stone details, and the roof is Welsh slate with gable-end brick stacks. The central entrance has stone steps with wrought-iron railings. The flush beaded panelled door is within a moulded architrave with a debased scrolled pediment. Either side, and to the first floor are 4-pane sashes. The elevation is articulated with string courses at upper ground floor level and there are chamfered quoins. The wing to the right has similar windows and a dentilled timber eaves cornice. The right return gable has plate glass sashes and a 3-light plain mullioned window to the attic. Extensions were added to the rear in the late 19th century. Image

Sign for the Red Bull Image

The café occupies part of Beeston Buildings Image In the left foreground is part of the Enterprise Mural Image

Name sign on 92-94 Lower Hillgate Image

On the side of a camping shop.

The Enterprise Mural on the gable wall of 89 Lower Hillgate which offers a pictorial reflection of Stockport's industrial history was designed and painted by artist Keith Ormondroyd in 1983. It now looks even more faded than it did in 2013 Image I am given to understand that apartments are to be built on the site and the mural will soon be lost altogether.

The Enterprise Mural Image on the gable wall of 89 Lower Hillgate which offers a pictorial reflection of Stockport's industrial history was designed and painted by artist Keith Ormondroyd in 1983.

The Enterprise Mural on the gable wall of 89 Lower Hillgate which offers a pictorial reflection of Stockport's industrial history was designed and painted by artist Keith Ormondroyd in 1983. The first Society of Friends (Quakers) Meeting House was built in 1705 on this site. The present building dates from 1910. No 91 is the taller 2-storey building, with upper floor occupied by a large hall, and partly occupies the site of a former burial ground. It ceased to be a place of worship in 1960. No 89, an integral part of this building, is a lower build which occupies the site of the original meeting house. The building has been used as a commercial premises since 1982 and No 91 was converted to a restaurant in 1993-4.

Connecting Hillgate with Hopes Carr. The white building is the former Peter Carlson furniture showroom, the business having moved elsewhere. Building work on Hopes Carr is evident in the background.