The Rosemount is a large pub on Bucks Road in Upper Douglas. The pub is a managed house in the Heron & Brearley chain. Its website describes it as 'a huge pub with plenty of character' and 'a great central pub with a lot going on...'. This brief description is fairly accurate although it is worth adding that given its location in Upper Douglas it is more of a 'local' than a pub for visits, although that said the welcome is friendly and the service is very good.
Opening Times:
Monday Midday - 11.00 pm
Tuesday Midday - 11.00 pm
Wednesday Midday - 11.00 pm
Thursday Midday - 11.00 pm
Friday Midday - Midnight
Saturday Midday - Midnight
Sunday Midday - 11.00 pm
About the Pub:
The Rosemount is a huge corner pub with plenty of traditional character, serving a wide mix of clientele. There are three large rooms each with their own personalities and characters, and the front two rooms can become lively at peak periods, though more sedate and relaxed during the week. Whichever room you end up in the welcome is friendly and the service friendly. There is a mix of entertainment, karaoke on a Sunday and live music on Friday or Saturday night. The pub dabbled for some years with stocking several real ales at the same time, but demand at the time was limited and it reduced to one. However, pleasingly there is a renewed commitment to cask ale under the new award-winning landlord and The Rosemount now supports three cask ales and recently started opening all evenings until midnight. The pub serves a large local catchment area. For visitors to the island it is to be found set back only a quarter of a mile from the promenade, a hundred and fifty yards directly up the hill from The Manx Museum.
Regular cask ales:
Okell's Bitter
Okell's Okells MPA - Manx Pale Ale
Features:
LocAle Accredited
Cask Marque Accredited
Quiet Pub
Facilities at The Rosemount:
Dog Friendly
Traditional Pub Games (Dart, Pool, Dominos etc)
Smoking Area/Beer Garden
Sports TV
Wi-Fi
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In her 1997 book 'Manx Inns', Suzanne Cubbon writes the following about The Rosemount:
'ROSEMOUNT
The Rosemount Hotel
Standing on the corner, the address of this public house could be either Rosemount, Buck's Road or Adelaide Terrace. The three houses which make up the Rosemount Hotel were designed by the Manx architect John Robinson.'
John Robinson was born in 1789 and died in 1880 and designed the house which now constitute he Rosemount Hotel in 1849. He had a major impact on the infrastructure of Victorian Douglas having designed amongst other buildings the following:
'1837 Derby Castle
1838/9 Falcon Cliff
1841 Oddfellows' Hall (later Douglas Court House)
c.1843 Victoria Terrace
1846 Esplanade, Castle Mona Lawn
c.1846/7 Prospect Terrace (Woodbourne Road)
c.1847 Windsor Terrace
1849 Greeba Castle (later home of Hall Caine)
1849 Adelaide Terrace (now including Rosemount Hotel)
1854 Albert Street (possibly only to plans by J.R.)
1854 Alma Terrace (Bucks Road)
1855 Bank of Mona
1863 Dalrymple Memorial Chapel
1867 Scotch Kirk (St Andrew's Presbyterian- now demolished)
1869 Douglas Head Hotel.'
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