On approaching this famous real ale pub and brewery take a moment to look up to appreciate its impressively stacked roof and ornate chimneys. Then enjoy the grandeur of the eponymous front entrance although the marble that gives the pub its name is in fact Shap granite. It was built in 1888 on the site of a previous 1829 pub as a show house pub for McKenna's Brewery and had electric lighting installed from the start. The fine barrel vaulted ceramic tiled ceiling and decorative frieze - covered up during alteration in 1954 - were revealed again in the early 1980's. Drinking the frieze would be formidable challenge! The mosaic sloping floor leading you inexorably to the bar and the glazed tile walls add to the splendour of the pub. There are 6 cask and 8 keg lines as well as cider to the left of the bar. Regular cider producers served are Ross, Ascension and Nightingales. The back room, which acts as a restaurant, is a lot plainer. There is a full food menu, on Sundays the Roast is very popular and food service end when the Roasts run out. There is also a pleasant beer yard at the rear. Marble beers are no longer brewed on site, in Spring 2019 the brewery relocated to a larger site in Salford. 2022 marked their 25th successive year in the Good Beer Guide.