Scotch Piper Inn
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The Scotch Piper Inn in Lydiate, Merseyside, England, is the oldest pub in the historic county of Lancashire. The building dates from 1320 and is a Grade II* listed building.<ref name="nhle">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
It is located on the A5147, Template:Convert from Liverpool and Template:Convert from Southport in the ceremonial county of Merseyside.<ref name=CAMRA>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It stands close to the site of Lydiate Hall and next to the remains of St Catherine's Chapel.<ref name="yorke">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
History
The fabric of the building is thought to date from 1320, but most of the current building is probably from the 16th century.<ref name="nhle"/> It was originally known as "The Royal Oak".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> According to local legends it was renamed "the Scotch Piper" in honour of an injured Scottish piper connected with the Jacobite Rebellion in the 18th century, who visited the inn.<ref name="yorke"/>
The Moorcroft family were the landlords from the 1880s until 1945.<ref name="yorke"/> Tony Blair once visited the Scotch Piper, in 1999 during his first term as prime minister.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The Admiral Taverns pub suffered severe fire damage to its thatched roof on 6 December 2016.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The main structure of the roof and fabric of the building were saved. The pub re-opened in April 2017.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Events
The Scotch Piper Classics is a popular car meet held at the pub every Monday evening and every third Sunday of the month. There is also a bike meet every Wednesday.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Architecture
The two-storey cruck framed whitewashed brick building retains a thatched roof.<ref name="nhle"/> It is in three bays. The left two bays are in a single storey, and contain at least two cruck trusses; it was encased in brick in the 17th century. The right bay was rebuilt in the 18th century, using fabric from Lydiate Hall, and is in Template:Frac storeys. On the front are four buttresses, and the windows are horizontally-sliding sashes, with a gabled dormer.Template:SfnpTemplate:Sfnp