Used to be my pre-match boozer.
A fire-damaged former pub popular with Liverpool football fans could be brought back to life as a new hotel complex.
Cabbage Hall, in Breck Road near Anfield Stadium, was the target of a suspected arson attack in summer 2010 and is currently vacant.
New plans have now been submitted to Liverpool City Council by Dales Management Company to bring the 2.5-storey building back into use as a 69-bedroom hotel and pub.
Dales is looking to refurbish and extend the premises, which date back to the early 1900s, by adding an additional storey across the width of the building and four-storey extensions to either end.
The ground floor of the building would house the new pub, hotel entrance, five bedrooms and a 580 sq ft retail unit with the remaining rooms to be constructed in the extensions.
Planning permission was granted last year to a separate development of 25 flats on a bowling green neighbouring the pub.
Liverpool-based architecture firm Condy & Lofthouse has designed the scheme.
A statement accompanying the application said: "The former public house is a significant landmark for this part of Anfield due to its corner position but has sadly closed and suffered fire damage. The property is currently boarded up.
"(The pub had) multi-paned timber windows, possibly sash windows, which helped to give the building a certain character.
"It is proposed that ornate features, such as the existing chimney stacks, are to be retained and increased in height.
"The proposals for the site seek to promote good design in order to create high quality environment for users and seeks to be an attractive and safe place to stay."
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