Gothic, Gatley (Gothic Bar & Grill)

Converted 6/11/2011 to a wine bar and Italian restaurant. Closed 31/8/2010 due to financial difficulties with owners, Cains Brewery. No planning application found.

History: Dating back to 1841, the Gothic may make you think it is of ecclesiastical origin with its high pointed roof and tall chapel-like windows. Well, you’d be right. It was converted from a Methodist Church, by Cains Brewery of Liverpool, and at the time was their first tied house outside its Merseyside heartland. Bare-boarded throughout, it was a single room with the bar along the right wall, the main hall, a raised seating area to the left, and finally a small upstairs gallery with dart board, where events in the pub could be viewed with ease. TVs showing sport could dominate things at times. Good value meals were served lunchtimes (12-2 Mon-Fri), it tended to get busy at weekends when it hosted karaoke on Sundays, and the occasional Soul night or early Sunday breakfast event. Latterly it sold cask Cains Mild, Bitter, and Formidable Ale.