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GREATER MANCHESTER - Heaton Norris, Nursery Inn National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors Part One 258 Green Lane, Heaton Norris, Stockport, SK4 2NA Tel: 0161 432 2044 Listed Status: Not listed View this pub on a local map
The Nursery was built in 1939, replacing a mid-nineteenth-century century pub. It is a very suburban pub and quite genteel, situated in the heart of leafy South Manchester suburbia. The approach is along a narrow, cobbled cul-de-sac, reinforcing the impression of exclusivity. The pub is virtually as it was built incorporating twentieth-century standards of comfort and convenience but with old-fashioned solid and durable standards of construction and a clean, spacious and unembellished design. There is generous use of light oak including full-height panelling in the lounge and the leaded glass windows are decorated with an occasional coloured glass panel depicting horticultural nursery motifs - a spade, a watering can or a flower.
In addition to the large lounge there is a bar lobby area, a smoke room/dining room, a vault with a separate entrance and a function room/dining room upstairs. The pub has a few sporting connections. There is an immaculate bowling green at the rear and a thriving bowling club with a case full of trophies and a commemorative plaque of presidents since 1917. The pub football team also has a collection of trophies and the Nursery has the distinction of having been the first headquarters of Stockport County A.F.C. when the club's ground was nearby.
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