I believe my ancestors ran the Glegg Arms in the 1890s. I have also been told about a pub that was in an area, in the docks I think, known locally at the time as the Gourri (don't know how to spell it) Piazza. Does that mean anything to anyone please? I think this would have been in the late 19th century. Thanks.
Agreed, it looked much better before . The roundabout area looked a whole lot nicer when both this pub and The Devon Doorway opposite, were both a striking black and white.
Now slated for demolition with a planning application in, to be considered under delegated powers.
APP/24/01225 Full Planning Permission
Glegg Arms Chester Road, Gayton, Wirral, CH60 3SD
Demolition of existing hotel restaurant and replacement with new building providing additional hotel bedrooms, together with alterations to the car park and all associated works
Heswall
Received Date: 28-08-2024 Valid Date: 04-12-2024 Expiry Date: 29-01-2025
Consultation on the application ends: 11-01-2025
It looks like the whole site comprising the hotel, car park, and 'pub' is regarded as a single planning unit.
The historical, C19th, elements appear to have been fairly well trashed over many years, and are vestigial.
Use class is asserted as C1, though the Heritage Statement for example includes seven historical references to use as a public house, and then:
2.26 To the interior the building has been significantly altered to accommodate modern public house and restaurant requirements and expectations.
There was a suggested C17th connection, which seems a little tenuous …
Not a listed building and not a preservation area so you can't stop the owners knocking it down, all they have to do is inform the Council and show how safety is managed.
The new building is in keeping with the existing travelodge and similar use and size of old building so its unlikely permission can be refused for the new build.
I preferred the Glegg to the Devon Doorway when I lived nearby.
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Still not found anything so far that suggests that there is a C17th inn hidden in there, or on the site ....
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The Glegg Arms a 17th Century inn on the Chester High Road named after the local family who have a long association with south Wirral. In 1552 the manor of "Grange Hall" was granted by Edward VI to the Glegg family of Gayton, with whom it continued till the death of William Glegg, in 1785.
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