Tollemache Arms, Mossley

Situated at the end of a terrace of stone-built houses built by John Peach in 1837, it was converted into a small pub between 1847 and 1866. It is little changed since a refit just after it became a Robinsons pub in 1926. The restored Huddersfield Narrow canal runs along the rear of the property. From the panelled inner porch and through a door with stained glass panels is the drinking lobby with an untouched servery in the rear left corner. There is a oak panelled counter, a bevelled mirrored bar back fitting with the only change is the loss of a few shelves for a fridge, and a split door for staff access which has a leaded panel. This lobby area has inter-war panelling to picture frame height, a door at the rear has a 'Private' colourful stained glass panel at the top, and panelling continues up the open staircase.

On the front left is a small area which was originally the tap room but it has lost a small piece of wall that separated it from the lobby bar, possibly in the 1960s. It has 1930s or older fixed seating and is served from a hatch to the side of the servery - note the figure '3' on the beam in the lobby bar area. Until 2015 there was a small separate public bar with a figure '2' on the door but the Robinsons tenant took off the door and knocked a large hole in the top part of the wall between the lobby and the public bar. It retains the fixed seating from c.1926 around the room and a stone fireplace from the 1960s. Do visit the gents - locals explain it's the biggest room in the pub! The table and chair in the gents' was put there for a local called Dick who smoked a pipe. Although he died in c.2005 the table still remains. There was no till in the pub until 1998. The car park is across the road.