On
the opposite side of the canal to the wharf Henshall built a new public house in the late
1770s, the Packhorse Inn, to provide accommodation for boatmen and carters and
their horses.
When it was offered for sale in 1871 it was described as
containing “extensive cellaring, bar, bar parlour communal room, tap-room,
kitchen, scullery, large billiard-room and club room to seat 150 persons, and
the outbuildings comprise large brew-house, malthouse, stabling for 11 horses,
coach-house, piggeries, and large skittle alley.” It can be found on the 1851
OS map of
the Bottom Bridge Pottery.
(1760's - mid 19th C))The Pack Horse Inn, Station Road
