Scotch Piper Inn
The Scotch Piper Inn in Lydiate, North West, England is the oldest pub in the historic county of Lancashire. The building dates from 1320 and is a Grade II* listed building.[1]
It is located on the A5147, 9 miles (14 km) from Liverpool and 11 miles (18 km) from Southport in the ceremonial county of Merseyside.[2] It stands close to the site of Lydiate Hall and next to the remains of St Catherine's Chapel.[3]
History
The fabric of the building is thought to date from 1320, but most of the current building is probably from the 16th century.[1] It was originally known as "The Royal Oak".[4] According to local legends it was renamed "the Scotch Piper" in honour of an injured Scottish piper connected with the Jacobite Rebellion in the 18th century, who visited the inn.[3]
The Moorcroft family were the landlords from the 1880s until 1945.[3] Tony Blair once visited the Scotch Piper, in 1999 during his first term as prime minister.[5]
The Admiral Taverns pub suffered severe fire damage to its thatched roof on Tuesday 6 December 2016.[6] The main structure of the roof and fabric of the building were saved. The pub re-opened in April 2017.[7]
Events
The Scotch Piper Classics is a popular car meet held at the pub every Monday evening and every third Sunday of the month. There is also a bike meet every Wednesday.[8]
Architecture
The two-storey cruck framed whitewashed brick building retains a thatched roof.[1] It is in three bays. The left two bays are in a single storey, and contain at least two cruck trusses; it was encased in brick in the 17th century. The right bay was rebuilt in the 18th century, using fabric from Lydiate Hall, and is in 1+1⁄2 storeys. On the front are four buttresses, and the windows are horizontally-sliding sashes, with a gabled dormer.[9][10]
See also
References
- ^ a b c "The Scotch Piper Public House". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ^ "The Scotch Piper". CAMRA. 1996. Archived from the original on 15 May 2003. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ^ a b c Yorke, Reginad; Yorke, Barbara. "The Scotch Piper". The Alt Press. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ^ "The Scotch Piper Inn". Howling Dog. Archived from the original on 15 April 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ^ Shennan, Paddy (20 October 2001). "The Scotch Piper Inn, Lydiate". icLiverpool. Trinity Mirror North West & North Wales. Archived from the original on 24 September 2004. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ^ Weston, Alan (7 December 2016). "Scotch Piper thatch destroyed by fire but Merseyside's oldest pub is still standing". Liverpool Echo. Archived from the original on 13 December 2017. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ^ Townsend, Georgina (5 April 2017). "Scotch Piper thatch destroyed by fire but Merseyside's oldest pub is still standing". Morning Advertiser. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ^ "Events". Scotch Piper. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ^ Pollard & Pevsner (2006), p. 518
- ^ Historic England & 1343315
- Historic England, "The Scotch Piper public house, Lydiate (1343315)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 23 October 2014
- Pollard, Richard; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2006), Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, ISBN 0-300-10910-5