10-12 Little Underbank

10-12, Little Underbank, Stockport, Greater Manchester, SK1 1LA

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10-12 Little Underbank is a late C18/early C19 urban property with a later-C19 public house attached.
Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1067179
Date first listed:
10-Mar-1975
List Entry Name:
10-12 Little Underbank
Statutory Address:
10-12, Little Underbank, Stockport, Greater Manchester, SK1 1LA
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1999-08-20
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1067179
Date first listed:
10-Mar-1975
Date of most recent amendment:
21-Nov-2011
List Entry Name:
10-12 Little Underbank
Location Description:
10-12, Little Underbank, Stockport, Greater Manchester
Statutory Address 1:
10-12, Little Underbank, Stockport, Greater Manchester, SK1 1LA

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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Corrections and minor amendments

The scope of legal protection for listed buildings

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:
10-12, Little Underbank, Stockport, Greater Manchester, SK1 1LA

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:
Stockport (Metropolitan Authority)
Parish:
Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:
SJ8961790473

Summary

10-12 Little Underbank is a late C18/early C19 urban property with a later-C19 public house attached

Reasons for Designation

* Architectural Interest: As a purpose-built urban premises built in the late C18 or early C19, with No.12 retaining an original shop front and doorway with Gothick glazing.
* Interior: No.12, known as the Queen's Head, retains the compartmentalised layout of a later-C19 urban public house and many contemporary fixtures and fittings including a rare spirits fountain.
* Group Value: Nos.10-12 form a composition with the adjacent St Petersgate Bridge and Nos.2-32 (even) form a group of urban commercial premises on one of Stockport's main streets.

History

Nos. 10-12 Little Underbank was built in the late C18 or early C19 on the south side of Little Underbank. The 1849 1:1056 Ordnance Survey map shows the building originally abutted a larger building on its east side, identified as the Queen's Head Public House. The latter was demolished when St Petersgate Bridge was built in 1866-8, and it appears that at this point the public house moved into No. 12 Little Underbank. The pub fixtures and fittings confirm this, being of a later C19 date. There has been some late C20 remodelling retaining many original features.

Details

PLAN: Rectangular with narrow public house in left-hand bay.

EXTERIOR: Three storeys with moulded eaves cornice. Ground floor to left (No.12, The Queen's Head) has original multi-paned window with Gothick glazing and a similar rectangular fanlight over the doorcase to the right, with a six-panelled door. No.10a/10 has a modern shop front. On the first floor are four irregularly spaced windows. That to No.12 is a wide eight-over-eight pane sash with gauged brick lintel and stone sill, whilst the three windows to No.10a/10 are narrower with cornices and casements of a later date. The second floor of No.12 has a similar four-over-eight pane sash, and No.10a/10 has two similar, though shorter, casements.

INTERIOR: No.12 (the Queen's Head) has a long narrow plan with an altered later-C19 bar with an original spirits fountain. The L-shaped public bar has fixed seating with matchboard backs. A matchboard partition to the rear separates a small Snug with fixed seating to the left and a small men's lavatory to the right, and a stair with stone steps. At the back is a parlour with fixed upholstered seating and rectangular top light framed by heavy moulded plasterwork.

No.10a/10 not inspected.

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:
210831
Legacy System:
LBS

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.

Ordnance survey map of 10-12 Little Underbank

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© Crown copyright [and database rights] 2025. OS AC0000815036. All rights reserved. Ordnance Survey Licence number 100024900.© British Crown and SeaZone Solutions Limited 2025. All rights reserved. Licence number 102006.006.

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