Ye Olde Rovers Return was a timber-framed public house at 12 Shudehill in Manchester, England, built around 1306 as an outbuilding of the medieval mansion Withingreave Hall. Ownership passed after 1691 to Hulme's Charity, founded by the philanthropist William Hulme, until the property was sold at auction in 1908, and the pub was long claimed, with some dispute against the nearby Seven Stars inn, to be the oldest in Manchester. It was demolished in 1958 to make way for the Arndale Centre, but its name and reputed history inspired the fictional Rovers Return Inn at the center of the television series Coronation Street, which began broadcasting in 1960. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Building Type LocationSourced to the subject's own accountManchester, United Kingdom 2 Completed Year Classification
Standing Status Building Type
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Has Building Type
Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.
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Source Ye Olde Rovers Return (Wikipedia)
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1. Ye Olde Rovers Return (Wikipedia)
standing status determination
It was demolished in 1958 to make way for the Arndale Centre, but its name and reputed history inspired the fictional Rovers Return Inn at the center of the television series Coronation Street, which began broadcasting in 1960.
Wikipedia infobox completion_date/completed/built field (1306)
completion_date/completed = c. 1306
Wikipedia infobox building_type field (House)
Ye Olde Rovers Return was a public house in the Withy Grove area of Manchester, England, constructed in the early-14th century. Demolished in 1958, it was the inspiration for the fictional Rovers Return Inn featured in the long-running British soap opera Coronation Street, first broadcast in 1960.
Uses Element: Timber, Wikipedia article
The original timber-framed building was completed in 1306, and formed part of the outbuildings of Withingreave Hall, a medieval mansion house that would later become the Manchester residence of the 17th-century philanthropist, William Hulme.
View the Source2. Ye Olde Rovers Return (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement (EntityId 390815): Manchester, United KingdomQuote, Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement (EntityId 390815): Manchester, United Kingdom
Wikidata item Q104858090, property P131/P17 (location): Manchester, United Kingdom
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