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Matthew Brown, THE OLD DOG INN and early Methodist meetings in Preston.

Everything is Connected... Matthew Brown Following on from Peter Smith 's post of the ' Blog Preston ' article about the state of Church Street, in the Preston History Facebook group , I recalled having a look at a number of the Listed Buildings in that area, some of which are in a poor state of repair. Thankfully, The (former) Lamb is looking much better now.  However, another former pub is currently looking very neglected. I went to have a look at the outside of the building over the last winter months and took some photographs to upload to the Historic England website. Looking at the listing entry, there appeared to be an anomaly. The pub in question was THE OLD DOG INN , and the listing stated the following: "The ground floor has a round-headed doorway in the 3rd bay under an elaborate segmental-pedimented canopy, the pediment containing monogrammed lettering "18 MB & Co Ltd 98" (probably Massey Burnley brewery)." Whilst, it covers itself, by say