Ramsden Arms Hotel, Blackpool

A Brewers' Tudor pub built 1939 for Thomas Ramsden's of Halifax with some quality fittings from that time. A wood panelled passage on the left leads into the main bar also with completely panelled walls to picture frame height, signs of bell pushes, a Tudor-shaped stone fireplace painted yellow, old fixed seating, the bar counter may be old with a new top but the bar-back has been replaced. There are two small rooms on the front of the pub with 1930s brick fireplaces (right hand side one painted yellow) and original fixed seating but they are now opened-up to the bar. One has panelling around the walls including a series of five hunting scenes marquetry panels that reputedly came from the predecessor to the Ramsdens Arms, the Golden Lion that was demolished for road widening. The other other has a 1930s stone fireplace and a pool table. On the right is a bar that was two small rooms. It has more panelled walls, bell pushes, a 1930s brick fireplace, original fixed seating and possibly the original bar-back. The gents' on the left is completely intact with tiled walls, terrazzo floors and five big urinals. The tiling in both porches was added by Tetleys in the 1980s when it became a Heritage Inn. In a redevelopment area, the pub was under threat of demolition.