6 Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, August 21st, 1980 K*x*k*k*:*x


as to


ALL THE BEST TO


T H E


MANOR BARN FROM


J o h n I S m i t h ’s


TADCASTER BREWERY


A TRIP back in history three centuries to the days of serving wenches in mop caps and alluring shifts and ministrels playing from .'a gallery awaits newcom­ ers to North-East Lancashire’s latest pub-cum-restaurant, Manor Barn.


. In t h e . space of eight months, the semi-derelict barn at Lower Close Farm, Padiham Road, Burn­ ley, has been con­ verted into not only a unique place to wine and dine, but. has in­ corporated so many fascinating details that it is almost a piece of history in itself.


for example; built out of seasoned oak, was copied from a design at nearby Gawthorpe Hall.


The Ministrels’ gallery,


•glass windows, which are very much a feature of the dining room and the bar, have been collected- from .buildings being de­ molished all over the country. The stalls of the former


The beautiful .stained By Ann Knowles


shippon at Lower Close have been given a new lease of life and now pro­ vide intimate eating booths in the main bar, which can in fact seat 300. It is attention to detail


for the bar counter, the oak settles and the bricks built into, the bar in a


BELOW: The former stalls of the shippon at Manor Barn now provide intimate eating booths in the main bar area. The oil lamps over each table give a soft flickering light


and the desire to keep everything as germane to the 17th century as poss­ ible which makes Manor Barn different from many pub renovations which are a mass of fibre glass faked beams, pseudo copper canopies and mock stone walls. The stripped pine used


which have been used as a feature to divide, one level of ,the bar from another, once turned to pull some farm cart.


herringbone design,, are all the real thing. . Even the cartwheels


ques from Brierfield have been responsible for ac­ quiring many of the items which add to the Jacobean atmosphere Manor • Barn is trying to create.


Terry' Sutcliffe Anti­


is open from- 7- p.m. until 11 ._p.ni., seven days a week, has been furnished with dark oak furniture and has a traditional pat­ terned carpet in red. Oil lamps which give off a peppermint fragrance have been ordered for the tables and the menus are in the form of hand writ­ ten scrolls tied with pink ribbon.


The restaurant, which REFRESHING LOCAL INQUIRIES, TELEPHONE: MARGARET - WIGAN 213500


soup,' manor pate, prawn cocktail, melon boat and grapefruit as starters costing between 50 pence and 75 pence.


The “Bill of Fayre” lists Very best wishes to


Mr & Mrs Bob Seed and M A N O R B A R N


with a great deal of pleasure from Terry Sutcliffe and his team of craftsmen. -


(Sutcliffe Antique Architectural Ltd HARLE SYKE MILL, BURNLEY, LANCASHIRE


Telephone 0282 31239 Specialising in Themic Concept


Interiors for the pub and restaurant trade


Bars and period interiors for the home.


ALL TYPES OF INDUSTRIAL AND DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL WORK UNDERTAKEN


26 RAGLAN ROAD. BURNLEY. Tel. 37055


R. COLLINGE ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR


BENTLEYS


FROZEN FOODS LIMITED Established over 30 Years


Main Wholesale Distributors ol CATERING RETAIL, HOME


FREEZER AND CASH & CARRY PACKS OF QUALITY FROZEN FOODS


FULL DISPLAY IN OUR CASH & CARRY


REGULAR & RELIABLE DELIVERY . ' TO ALL AREAS


FOR THE ENTIRE RANGE OF FROZEN FOODS QUALITY AND SERVICE.


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CONGRATULATIONS on the opening o f the


BURNLEY 27811 (6 lines)


BURNLEY 21025 TELEX 635172 Widow Hill Road,


' Heasandford Industrial Estate, Burnley.


BEST WISHES*AND


$ CONGRA TULA TIONS TO BOB $ '


* SEED ON HIS NEW1 VENTURE t fr om :


JUBILEE STREET,-BLACKBURN who have supplied Space Heating, Water Heating and Catering Equipment “


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Manor Darn Restaurant from;:


JAMES HARGREAVES (Plumbers Merchants) LTD


A NAME SYNONYMOUS WITH QUALITY


are pleased to have supplied all sanitary fixtures and fittings for installation at the MANOR BARN


Unmistakable quality to complement a distinctive Restaurant


Wishing every success for the future to all at the MANOR BARN


JAMES HARGREAVES LTD


' Merchants to the Plumbing & Heating - .'-Trades ■:


2 HEALEY WOOD ROAD, BURNLEY. 1 Tel. 29145


f We wish BOB and IRENE every success for the future.


is pleased to have been entrusted with all wiring, heating and electrical installations at the MANOR BARN •


EP . C O L L IN G E LECTR ICAL CONTRACTOR 17th CENTURY PUB 1 7 .v nrwTIT DU ptt-r (Table reservations advisable)


names of B r i t ish monarchs and range from a Henry VIII T-bone


The grills have, the


steak at £5.95, served with chips, /peas, fried egg, mushrooms, onion rings, tomato and salad, to James I lamb, chops with mint sauce for £3.50.


dishes, scampi, plaice and halibut and extra veget­ ables such as asparagus spears at £l and broccoli at 80 pence.


There are also fish


banana split at 95 pence to sherry trifle at 85 pence, or the cheese board at 65 pence. All the prices already include VAT. ;


SPECIAL


ticularly extensive but in­ cludes French, Italian, German and Yugoslavian' wines at prices from £3.45 for a b o ttle of Les Chevaliers, described as a “refreshing, medium dry French wine,”- to the dearest, Black Tower Liebfraumilch at £10.15, excluding the champagnes at £14.50 and £14.90 per bottle. The owner of the re­


The wine list is not par­


staurant, Mr Bob Seed, is known. to many in the area as the “turkey man;” because he breeds turkeys — and many which will


The sweets range from


later be served up at Manor Barn restaurant are now running, around on his farm.


• In addition to the re­ staurant menu, there, are also bar snacks available, which include basket meals, sandwiches and speciality coffees. Guy, .who has been in


own butcher' and meat seller,” said Mr Guy Cril- ley, the new manager of Manor Barn, who has come from Romeo and J u l ie t ’s nightspot in Blackburn.


“Mr Seed is to be our


Manor Bam,, all dressed in white .mop- caps and aprons, draw-, s tr in g blouses, orange - cotton skirts and velvet .laced bodices.


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serve at lunch times from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. 'on weekdays and from 12 noon until 2 p.m. for family lunches on Sun­ days. Special rates rare also to be introduced to encourage parents to take their children out for; a meal on Sundays. ^


They will be there ' to


the catering trade for 15, years, is also hoping to eventually ' do medieval banquets every six weeks or so and special events such as . Hallowe’en dinner dance, Christmas Eve and New'Year’s Eve parties.


DIFFERENCE


September on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays each week, three musi­ cians are to occupy the


ministrels’ gallery to pro­ vide music for the custom­ ers on a mandolin, guitar, recorder and whistle. .


food waitresses and bar­ maids: to help him- run


Guy-hasia • staff of’ 25 From the beginning of


'■ 17th century barn “and shippon into a pub with a difference. It is a free house, but Mr Crilley says they are sticking with John Smith’s beer, but also, stock John Cour­ age ale, a stronger beer, but which he admits is an “acquired taste.”, :


been invested, in .Manor Bam to convert it from a


A total of £300,600. has •limited.


bookings that dates up to until the end of the year a re becoming vvery


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terest to excite customers as well, as the. food and beer, Manor Barn is likely to be quite a crowd-puller and already Guy has re­ ceived so many party


■With so much-visual in­


for wining and dining with a medieval \ : ’ ., flavour—superb atmosphere in authentic . ,


i l a n o r P a r i surroundings


Restaurant open every evening with full A-la-Carte menu Bring the family for Sunday lunch


*Bar Snacks *Basket Meals *Lunchtime Snacks *Private functions and weddings catered for *Dinner/dances *Medieval Banquets *Christmas bookings now being taken , (LARGE CAR IP ARK)


Magnet Southerns for all that’s good in wood


CANNING STREET, BURNLEY. Tel. 31231


Doors Cavendish and Tudor latest additions to our Redwood range of doors.' Available in 3 sizes. Your choice of hardware extra.-1


External Redwood


' We wish every success to BOB SEED and • all at the MANOR BARN :


PacCifiam 'RgacC, 'B u r ttC e^ .


^ T e l e p h o n e 56744


GEORGE CROSSLEY (BURNLEY) LTD


JF = T L -


. ' ,BILL McNEIlfep HOUSEBUILDING, ,r EXTENSIONS, etc;


for \


[Congratulations to Bob & Irene llevery success' for the.future of - 1 '■ 15 T ' V f i ' the T 4 # .'< > >>* 1


; G M A N O R B A R N ■ BILL McNEIL


Tel.21781 KITCHEN SUPREME MOLLETT Equipment


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