Old Onchan Picture Gallery 1

The Manx Arms Hotel (1 of 2)

The land upon which the hotel stands was purchased by Thomas Cubbon the blacksmith in 1805 and 1807. He erected a house, smithy and farm buildings.

The exact date of the hotel is not known but it would appear to have been in existence in 1837 when it was know as "Gellings Public House". By 1857 it was called "Three Legs of Man".

It was purchase by William Oaken in the 1890's and took on its appearance as in these photographs about that time.

Previously the building was only three windows wide, had a central door and a parapet wall at roof level.

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