Plans for a huge, £53m apartment block towering 26 storeys on Salford's border with Manchester have been tabled.
24.03.2023 - 17:13 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
It was six years ago that it closed. During that time the fabric of the Grade II listed building has detoriated badly. The fading green facade is graffiti covered, the roof badly damaged, and windows boarded up.
But, finally, a new manifesto for a pub where Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels are believed to have drunk is beginning to take shape. The pair are thought to have supped there together as they formulated the ideas of communism in the 19th century.
Now scaffolding has been erected in the last week around the The Crescent pub on the A6 in Salford in preparation for it to roar back as The Red Dragon - its original name.
The landmark closed in 2017 and is in a poor state. There were fears it would go the same way as the nearby Black Horse Hotel and be demolished to make way for apartments.
But its Chinese owners who revealed plans to restore the pub in 2021, give it back its original name, and construct a new building at the rear of the premises, are slowly making progress. They also intend to make the most of its reputation as a footnote in the rise of communism.
A spokesman for the owners said: "We have been in discussion with Salford council for a while. We are now getting close to submitting a formal planning application. We have a further meeting with them in two weeks time
"In the meantime we are to carry out essential repairs on the building, which do not need listed building consent, so it is watertight, including a new roof. The scaffolding will be up for 18 months. The intention is to return to pub to a traditional style - it had become a 1990s-style student pub.
"The pub will be filled with memorablia linked to Marx and Engels who are thought to have used it, and the history of Salford. There will be no
Plans for a huge, £53m apartment block towering 26 storeys on Salford's border with Manchester have been tabled.
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