Plau, on Friargate, Preston, opened after a conversion in 2018, more than 100 years after last orders were called on the premises as a pub. Now it has taken home the Conversion Award in the Pub Design Awards, run by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA). The awards, held in conjunction with Historic England, celebrate exceptional pubs across the country that have undergone conversion or conservation work, or are newly built.
6. Memories
Discoveries made during the restoration of Plau, which was the Plough Inn before it originally closed as a pub in 1913. | other
8. Past life
The building which now houses Plau, pictured in 1962, when it was a watchmaker's shop. | other
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