A historic Radcliffe pub building could become a 13-bedroom house of multiple occupation. Plans have been lodged with Bury Council for conversion of the ground floor of the former Old Tower Inn on Sandford Street into bedrooms.
The pub, then called the Owd Tower Inn has historic significance in the town as the birthplace of Radcliffe Borough FC. The club was formed on May 24, 1949 at a meeting at the pub by Jack Pickford and a committee of 17 and became a member of the South East Lancashire Football League.
The plans, submitted by Westhoughton based AAZ Estates, request a change of use from its current public house and eight self-contained flats to 13 bed, maximum 20 person, house of multiple occupation. If approved the proposals would also mean the demolition of the existing conservatory, the creation of a parking space and a cycle store and an entrance and exit at the rear.
