Opened in March 2015 and one of several micro-pubs within what was the town's 'solicitors quarter', all within a stone's throw of each other, and located in parallel streets of substantial Victorian terraced houses just south of the main shopping precinct and north of the University campus. Handy for the Law Courts. Named after Gladstone's description of the town in 1862, after he had witnessed the expansion of the local steel making and ship building industries, all now sadly departed. Three third pint tasting trays are available. Local CAMRA branch 2019 Pub of the Season, and so goes forward as the Branch's representative to the 2020 Yorkshire Regional Pub of the Year competition. The pub also continues to act as venue for Teesside University Real Ale Society, (TURAS).