Mort Arms, Tyldesley

Bought by Holts in 1932 and rebuilt 1933 (date in stone on exterior) with white stone ground floor and brick first floor. It was reputedly built further away from the road as the tram / trolley bus had difficulty going around the corner? The lobby has fielded panelling vestibule with door to 'Lounge' on the right and 'Vault' on the left with etched and frosted panels. Originally a middle door was the off-sales with a screened servery with the left door leading to the vault. The lounge bar retains a screened servery of four bays all with rising lower panels that are kept in the open position and with decorative etched and frosted panels; also a stable door for staff. The room / area near to the servery has 1930s fielded panelling all around, an original brown tiles and good wood surround fireplace with a mirror in the mantelpiece. A screen at the rear has a door to the ladies with a 'Ladies' etched and frosted panel, also a 'Gentlemen' and 'Private' ones.

The lounge is an amalgamation of three rooms carried out in the 1960s - on the far right there was a singing room at the front and a kitchen at the rear now joined together and a widish arch cut to the front and wider one to the rear right. Has good fixed seating and bell pushes at the front (moved from lounge?) and an inappropriate Victorian style fireplace. The vault on the left has the original bar counter but has lost its screens and has a Formica bar top. The bar back fitting is modern, the fixed seating looks old, there is another modern Victorian-style fireplace added, and a 'Gentlemen' panel in the door to the gents. There is a hatch at the rear of the vault. Lots of original decorative etched exterior windows remain. The porch on the right has blue tiled walls.