Brunswick Hotel, Manchester

Brunswick Hotel, Manchester

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There are differing accounts of the building's origins. The official listing from [[Historic England]] dates the existing structure to the early 19th century. In contrast, some local reporting states that a public house called the Brunswick has occupied the site since the 1790s, implying that an earlier building may have stood there before the present one was constructed. This difference may reflect the distinction between the long‑standing use of the site as an [[inn]] and the later construction date of the current building.{{cite news |last=Davies |first=Ethan |date=1 November 2023 |title=This city centre pub has been here since the 1790s - but things could be about to change |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/city-centre-pub-been-here-28024562 |work=[[Manchester Evening News]] |access-date=6 April 2026}}
There are differing accounts of the building's origins. The official listing from [[Historic England]] dates the existing structure to the early 19th century. In contrast, some local reporting states that a public house called the Brunswick has occupied the site since the 1790s, implying that an earlier building may have stood there before the present one was constructed. This difference may reflect the distinction between the long‑standing use of the site as an [[inn]] and the later construction date of the current building.{{cite news |last=Davies |first=Ethan |date=1 November 2023 |title=This city centre pub has been here since the 1790s - but things could be about to change |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/city-centre-pub-been-here-28024562 |work=[[Manchester Evening News]] |access-date=6 April 2026}}


A map of [[Manchester]] and [[Salford]] published in 1832 shows a building at the corner of Booth Street (now Paton Street) and Piccadilly, but it is not identified as an inn, hotel, or public house. Other premises on Piccadilly are labelled as such, including the ''Flying Horse Inn'' and the ''Albion Hotel''.{{cite web |year=1832 |title=Bancks & Co.'s plan of Manchester & Salford, with their environs : showing the division of property & the length of each street |url=https://www.digitalcollections.manchester.ac.uk/view/PR-C-00017-00070-MANCHESTER-00056/1 |website=[[University of Manchester]] |publisher=Bancks & Co (Manchester, England) |access-date=6 April 2026}}
A map of [[Manchester]] and [[Salford]] published in 1832 shows a building at the corner of Booth Street (now Paton Street) and Piccadilly, but it is not identified as an inn, hotel, or public house. Other premises on Piccadilly are labelled as such, including the ''Flying Horse Inn'' and the ''Albion Hotel''.{{cite web |year=1832 |title=Bancks & Co.'s plan of Manchester & Salford, with their environs : showing the division of property & the length of each street |url=https://www.digitalcollections.manchester.ac.uk/view/PR-C-00017-00070-MANCHESTER-00056/1 |website=[[University of Manchester]] |publisher=Bancks & Co (Manchester, England) |access-date=6 April 2026 |archive-date=22 August 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250822141800/https://www.digitalcollections.manchester.ac.uk/view/PR-C-00017-00070-MANCHESTER-00056/1 |url-status=live }}


According to one account, although the building is now overshadowed by later neighbouring development, it is described as the only surviving remnant of the structures that originally lined this part of the road when it was built.{{cite web |title=The Brunswick Hotel |url=https://manchesterhistory.net/manchester/pubs/brunswick.html |website=Manchester History |access-date=6 April 2026}}
According to one account, although the building is now overshadowed by later neighbouring development, it is described as the only surviving remnant of the structures that originally lined this part of the road when it was built.{{cite web |title=The Brunswick Hotel |url=https://manchesterhistory.net/manchester/pubs/brunswick.html |website=Manchester History |access-date=6 April 2026}}