THE GOLDEN CUP

THE GOLDEN CUP, 65, OLD TOWN ROAD

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Overview

Public house of c.1907, with facade of 1912. The pub stands on the north fringe of Hanley town centre and faces east onto Old Town Road. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1392575
Date first listed:: 28-Apr-2008
List Entry Name:: THE GOLDEN CUP
Statutory Address:: THE GOLDEN CUP, 65, OLD TOWN ROAD

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1392575
Date first listed:: 28-Apr-2008
List Entry Name:: THE GOLDEN CUP
Statutory Address 1:: THE GOLDEN CUP, 65, OLD TOWN ROAD

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:: THE GOLDEN CUP, 65, OLD TOWN ROAD

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:: City of Stoke-on-Trent (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:: SJ 88432 48138

Reasons for Designation

* The dark green faience tiled façade is of high quality and probably manufactured by a local company, The Campbell Tile Co. * Research by CAMRA has shown that the `Bass Only' tiling is unique. * It has been altered internally but retains good quality bar counter and back bar, tiling, and glasswork. * This is a prime example of the bold and confident advertising deployed by the major breweries on their tied estate in the early-C20. * The association with Bass; one of the most important and successful breweries in the late-C19 and early C20 with a strong presence nationwide. The pub's façade proudly carries Bass's Red Triangle trademark, the first UK trademark to be registered in 1876.

Details

613-1/0/10074

HANLEY, Old Town Road, 65, The Golden Cup

28-APR-08

II

Public house of c.1907, with facade of 1912. The pub stands on the north fringe of Hanley town centre and faces east onto Old Town Road. MATERIALS: It is constructed of red brick laid to Flemish bond with plain tile roof and dark green faience tiling. EXTERIOR: The façade is of four bays with what is now the principal entrance to the left. The ground floor has a faience tilework façade, divided by pilasters and surmounted by deep scrolled brackets supporting a pulvinated frieze bearing the words `BASS ONLY' in gold lettering. The wording is punctuated by a gold swag above the left door and the Red Triangle Bass trademark above what was the central doorway, now a window. The trademark reappears in lifebelts beneath the two large windows. At first floor, to the left of the centre, is a large ceramic sign depicting a two-handled golden chalice with the words `THE/GOLDEN/CUP/INN'. There are three 1/1 sash windows with lugged and shouldered surrounds with aprons and pronounced keystones. At either side are fluted tilework pilasters carrying a green tiled cornice. There is a small single storey extension to the right, set back from the road, with blue brick banding and a mono-pitch roof. The windows to the rear have been replaced with casements and the external stack has been truncated. There are two gable end stacks to the right reveal, one to the left.

INTERIOR: The pub retains its original wooden bar with fluted pilasters and mirrored back bar, with drawers. This has a wooden superstructure supported on elaborately turned posts surmounted by miniature acroteria. The rear right room retains fixed upholstered seating with bell-pushes. There has been some internal rearrangement but it is still possible to determine the original plan form. The fireplaces in both bars are replacements and the etched glass panels, although original, have been re-sited.

HISTORY: The pub was built in the early C20 and first listed in trade directories in 1907. The faience `Bass Only' signage was added in 1912, and was probably the work of the Campbell Tile Company, one of the companies founded following the fragmentation of Minton & Co. The Bass Red Triangle is Britain's oldest registered trademark. It was the first trademark to be registered in 1876 following the Trademarks Registration Act of 1875. The Red Triangle had been used on Bass Pale Ale labels from c.1855, a development of the shipping mark on casks of ale.

SOURCES: Geoff Brandwood, Andrew Davison and Michael Slaughter, Licensed To Sell. The History and Heritage of the Public House (2004) 123. Lynn Pearson, Tile Gazetteer: A Guide to British Tile and Architectural Ceramics Locations (2005) 314.

REASONS FOR DESIGNATION DECISION: The Golden Cup Public House is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons:

* The dark green faience tiled façade is of high quality and probably manufactured by a local company, The Campbell Tile Co. * Research by CAMRA has shown that this `Bass Only' tiling is unique. * It has been altered internally but retains good quality bar counter and back bar, tiling, and glasswork. * This is a prime example of the bold and confident advertising deployed by the major breweries on their tied estate in the early-C20. * The association with Bass; one of the most important and successful breweries in the late C19 and early C20 with a strong presence nationwide. The pub's façade proudly carries Bass's Red Triangle trademark, the first UK trademark to be registered in 1876.

Listing NGR: SJ8843248138

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:: 495875
Legacy System:: LBS

Sources

Books and journals
Brandwood, G, Davidson, A, Slaughter, M, Licensed to Sell: The History and Heritage of the Public House, (2004)
Pearson, S, Tile Gazetteer: A Guide to British Tile and Architectural Ceramics Locations, (2005)

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.