A PUB will go under the hammer next week with a guide price of £250,000.
The Spinning Jenny pub in Leigh will feature in an auction held by Acuitus on Thursday, October 24.
The establishment on the corner of Spinning Jenny Way and King Street, stands on the site where textile machinery inventor Thomas Highs lived.
In one of the major technological breakthroughs of the Industrial Revolution, Highs invented the Spinning Jenny textile machine in 1764 with the held of Warrington clockmaker John Kay and James Hargreaves.
The spinning jenny being used in a factory during the industrial revolution
The spinning jenny
Highs also devised the water frame textile machine.
Unfortunately, he could not afford to patent his designs and it was Richard Arkwright who developed the invention and went on to become extremely wealthy. Highs died in virtual poverty.
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In 1908, Leigh Town Council honoured the invention of the spinning jenny by naming a new road, Spinning Jenny Way – the pub is situated on its corner.
The property is split across two floors, with a bar and restaurant and beer garden on the ground floor and accommodation above.
Auctioneer David Margolis of Acuitus added: “We’re anticipating interest in the room to come from a range of possible purchasers including developers, and investors."
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