Rooftop bar and 20 flats planned for former pub

A long-closed Preston pub could partially go back to its roots after plans were unveiled to create a rooftop terrace bar on the building - above a proposed new bedsit development.

- by Paul Faulkner

The Neptune, as it was known until its closure in the late 1990s, has more recently been used as offices.

The former hostelry, which stands in the shadow of the Guild Way flyover at the junction of Strand Road and Marsh Lane, is currently vacant.

Now called Neptune House, it is being eyed for conversion into a 'high-end' 20-bed house in multiple occupation (HMO).