Wonkiest pub is no longer

[cossy400]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-6...

Gets bought, and the just catches fire.

[andySC]

When piers (not the Morgan one) appeared to have a fiery fate in mysterious circumstances Viz delivered.

[mickk]

Only talking about that place last week after watching a YouTube vid on it.

[av185]

Reporters name checks out.

Oprah Flash.

[biggbn]

cossy400 said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-6...

Gets bought, and the just catches fire.

Maybe somebody took a Koran in?....

[Roy James II]

It is alleged that the access for fire crews was blocked by mounds of earth.

Demolished this afternoon.

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/black-country/fur...



Owners should be forced to rebuild it.

ETA: Having found it isn't listed, I suppose as long as there is no fraudulant insurance claim - the new owners would be free to set fire to it if they so wished.

Edited by Roy James II on Monday 7th August 21:01

[rigga]

Thought it was grade 2 listed .

Fishy as a very fishy thing.

[Roy James II]

rigga said:

Thought it was grade 2 listed .

Fishy as a very fishy thing.

Quote from the Birmingham Mail
"BirminghamLive also contacted Historic England to clarify the situation. It confirmed The Crooked House was not listed."

Yes, very fishy... sold two weeks ago to a 'private buyer for alternative use'

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/black-country/ico...

[dudleybloke]

The mounds of earth were there to stop esox from pitching up camp.
It's a real shame its gone, a proper local landmark.
There's still the Tilted Barrel in Tipton though.

[Mikebentley]

I loved this place. Lots of history lost. It would have been cool if it was moved to Black Country Museum.

As above something stinks about this.

[Lucas CAV]

All so predictable, sadly. It was a quirky place. The surrounding area down the lane is horrible though. Landfills and s.

Not a chance it'll be rebuilt, it's the same story for several other pubs in the area.

Edited by Lucas CAV on Monday 7th August 20:41

[Lucas CAV]

dudleybloke said:

The mounds of earth were there to stop esox from pitching up camp.
It's a real shame its gone, a proper local landmark.
There's still the Tilted Barrel in Tipton though.

I believe that both landfills there are now owned by the same company and it was them that bought the pub.

[miniman]

Shame to lose a quirky building but looking at Google Maps it’s at the arse end of arse lane in stsville really isn’t it?

Not dissimilar to the Royal Albion “hotel” in Brighton that burnt down last month. Only residents impacted were the rats.

[Biggy Stardust]

Roy James II said:

Quote from the Birmingham Mail
"BirminghamLive also contacted Historic England to clarify the situation. It confirmed The Crooked House was not listed."

I've been there- it most definitely had a list.

[pquinn]

Amazing how flammable empty pubs are and have been for years. Must be all the alcohol soaked into the structure...

Pubs seem especially fragile while the old shops or whatever up for redevelopment never quite have the same number of 'accidents'. Then again the other buildings usually don't get quite so many planning issues that the fire conveniently bypasses.

[Horsey McHorseface]

Was the fire investigation succesfully completed before demolition?

[SpeedBash]

rigga said:

Thought it was grade 2 listed .

Fishy as a very fishy thing.

Perhaps there were plans afoot to have it listed and the fire conveniently put paid to that.

Similar to what happened to the art deco Firestone Factory in Brentford.

[InformationSuperHighway]

What’s the betting that the land now gets a housing development?

[Lucas CAV]

SpeedBash said:

rigga said:

Thought it was grade 2 listed .

Fishy as a very fishy thing.

Perhaps there were plans afoot to have it listed and the fire conveniently put paid to that.

Similar to what happened to the art deco Firestone Factory in Brentford.

Def not listed. Initial media reports confused it with listed pubs with the same name

[Frimley111R]

pquinn said:

Amazing how flammable empty pubs are and have been for years. Must be all the alcohol soaked into the structure...

Pubs seem especially fragile while the old shops or whatever up for redevelopment never quite have the same number of 'accidents'. Then again the other buildings usually don't get quite so many planning issues that the fire conveniently bypasses.

Yep, one near us, listed, went up in flames after sitting derelict for a long time. What are the chances? Even if they worked out that it was arson they then have to pin it on someone...