Mystery surrounds the future of the Cat and Fiddle pub after it shut its doors.

The Buxton Road pub, which is the second highest pub in England, closed to the public at the end of last month.

No date has been announced as yet for its re-opening.

The Cat and Fiddle, on the A537 road, was built in 1813.

A spokesman for Robinsons brewery, which owns the pub, would not reveal any details of what caused the closure other than saying: “There are some property issues that have to be addressed which our property team is looking at at the moment.”

The spokesman added: “We won’t know when the pub will re-open until these issues have been bottomed out.”

A North Western bus outside the Cat and Fiddle on the Buxton Road in the 1920s. All photographs come from the collection held by Cheshire Archives and Local Studies. Explore old books, maps and newspapers at Macclesfield Library, Jordangate, SK10 1EE, or visit www.cheshireeast.gov.uk/libraries.

The pub is a much-loved stop over for walkers, cyclists and bikers using the A537 to which is gives its name.

The pub was built in 1813 and has had many landlords and tenants over the years.

The Cat and Fiddle, 1959. For Macclesfield nostalgia in the Macclesfield Express. All photographs come from the collection held by Cheshire Archives and Local Studies. Explore old books, maps and newspapers at Macclesfield Library, Jordangate, SK10 1EE, or visit www.cheshireeast.gov.uk/?libraries.

A notice on the Cat and Fiddle ‘Cat Cam’ website said: ‘Sorry, as of 23rd December the pub is closed pending the appointment of a new Landlord.’

The road is dubbed one of the most dangerous in Britain because of the number of crashes that have occurred there.