1939-2025. The Boathouse, Parkgate on the north western edge of Cheshire. This pub and restaurant was opened as The Boathouse Café in 1926 and extended in 1977. It is built on the site of the former Pengwern Arms, an old coaching inn, which was demolished in 1885 following storm damage a little earlier. It was from here that until 1863 a ferry service operated to Bagillt and Flint, forming one stage of an important transport route between north Wales and Liverpool.