The Ex Two Ships Hotel

The two Ships Hotel,Hope Street, opposite the Methodist Chapel, previously of the now defunct Bury Brewery Company is now a private house. The stone carved bading bearing the pubs name and the brwery have been roughly ground off with a grinder as have some of the details on the ceramic plaque by the door.

Architectural vandalism. cf the John Willie Lees sign at the Blue Pits, Castleton

Ex- Castleton Police Station

Castleton Police Station. A typical mid war Acccrington Brick and dressed stone Public Building, which is now owned by a Housing Association.

The inset shows a heraldic plaque inset in the front gable. Presumably the 3 English Lions puissant (?)

John Willie Lees Wall Plaque

This beautiful ceramic tile display is on the south wall of the Blue Pits Inn at Castleton. The Blue Pits relates to the blue marl pits in the area from which nutrient rich clay (marl)was dug and used as an agricultural fertilizer. Marl pits date to the post-medieval period and their existence is often evident through field and place names.

J W Lees beer , although endorsed as "real ale" by CAMRA is vile stuff.