Vine Inn
| Vine Inn | |
|---|---|
 The pub in 2014 | |
  Location within Greater Manchester | |
General information | |
| Type | Public house (current; originally a townhouse and part of a warehouse) |
| Location | 42–44 Kennedy Street, Manchester, England |
| Coordinates | 53°28′47″N 2°14′33″W / 53.4796°N 2.2426°W |
| Years built | No. 46: late 18th century (probable) Nos. 42 and 44: c. 1860–1870 |
| Design and construction | |
| Designations | |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
Official name | Vine Inn (46 Kennedy Street) |
| Designated | 3 October 1974 |
| Reference no. | 1282982 |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
Official name | Vine Inn (42 and 44 Kennedy Street) |
| Designated | 6 June 1994 |
| Reference no. | 1197932 |
| Website | |
| vineinnmanchester | |
The Vine Inn is a Grade II listed public house on Kennedy Street in Manchester, England. Although now a single pub, it occupies two separately listed structures: a former late 18th‑century townhouse at No. 46 and part of a former late 19th-century textile warehouse at Nos. 42 and 44. It stands beside another Grade II-listed public house, the City Arms.
History
[edit]The building at 46 Kennedy Street originated as a townhouse, probably constructed in the late 18th century, with Nos. 42 and 44 originating as a textile warehouse built around 1860 to 1870, according to their official listings.[1][2] No. 46 was in use as a public house by the 1880s.[3][4]
The buildings appear on early Ordnance Survey mapping of central Manchester as part of a short terrace on Kennedy Street,[5] with their footprints remaining broadly consistent through the 19th century.[6]
The connection between No. 46 and the former warehouse at Nos. 42 and 44 appears to have been created during the 1970s.[7] On 3 October 1974, 46 Kennedy Street was designated a Grade II listed building,[1] with 42 and 44 Kennedy Street receiving the same grading almost two decades later, on 6 June 1994.[2] The Vine Inn stands immediately beside the City Arms at 48 Kennedy Street,[4] another Grade II-listed pub.[8]
Architecture
[edit]The building at 46 Kennedy Street is constructed of brick, with green glazed tiling on the ground floor, scored-stucco upper floors, and a slate roof.[1] It has three storeys and cellars.[1] The ground floor has a round‑headed doorway to the right and an altered window to the left, set within a tiled frontage with a lettered frieze.[1] The first floor has 4‑pane sash windows with modern folding canopies, and the second floor has a long eight‑light window with later glazing.[1] A gable‑end chimney rises on the left side.[1]
The building at 42 and 44 Kennedy Street is built of red brick in Flemish bond, with a white-painted stucco ground floor, sandstone dressings, and a slate roof.[2] It has four storeys and a basement, with a symmetrical six‑window front.[2] Each end of the ground floor has a shallow-arched doorway, and the basement and ground‑floor windows are the same height; the basement ones now partly tiled above bowed railings.[2] The ground‑floor windows are plain sashes.[2] On the upper floors, the first‑floor windows have shallow arched stone heads, the second‑floor windows have flat arches with keystones, and the third‑floor windows are round‑headed with imposts and keystones.[2]
See also
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References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Historic England. "Vine Inn (46 Kennedy Street) (Grade II) (1282982)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 27 March 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Historic England. "Vine Inn (42 and 44 Kennedy Street) (Grade II) (1197932)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 27 March 2026.
- ↑ "Vine Inn, Manchester". pubgallery.co.uk. Archived from the original on 4 August 2025. Retrieved 27 March 2026.
- 1 2 "City Arms & Vine Inn". manchesterhistory.net. Retrieved 27 March 2026.
- ↑ "Town Plans of England and Wales, 1840s–1890s | Manchester and Salford Sheet 28". maps.nls.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1849. Archived from the original on 25 February 2024. Retrieved 26 March 2026.
- ↑ "Town Plans of England and Wales, 1840s–1890s | Manchester - Lancashire CIV.10.5". maps.nls.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1888. Retrieved 26 March 2026.
- ↑ "Vine Inn, Manchester". Campaign for Real Ale. Retrieved 27 March 2026.
- ↑ Historic England. "City Arms public house (Grade II) (1197933)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 27 March 2026.
External links
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- Official website
- Entry in "Pubs Galore"
- Entry on the website of Campaign for Real Ale
- Entry on the website of "Whatpub"
