Tag: Lost pubs

June 26th – Sad to see the Red Lion at Longdon Green closed up and up for lease. This has the potential to be a fine country pub. Sat overlooking a gorgeous village green, I used to love a pint here. Sadly another victim of the social shift away from the pub. I hope it can find a loving owner, it’s a gorgeous building.

Edit 30th June: I’ve heard since posting that the Red Lion has been saved and is likely to be open again at the weekend. This is excellent news and I welcome the new landlords and wish them all the best. It’s a great pub.

June 24th – The former Spring Cottage pub at Shelfield – an insalubrious, rough pub – closed a year of two back, and has stood empty and forlorn ever since. Never a pleasant house, it’s future lies in a different purpose. Speaking to a surveyor here in the week, I’m told this is being converted into a Co-op store. I like the Co-op, and it seems to be a sensible location.

Work has been ongoing here for some time, and looks set to continue for a good while yet.

May 27th – I’m developing a casual interest in the architectural quirks of chimneys. It’s something I’m going to cover on my main blog at some point soon, but in looking for stuff to photograph while out on my bike for this project, I’m noticing more and more things about the world around me. This is not trivial, I’m absolutely serious.

There is something about a nice chimney that completes a house – a roof looks bare without one. This example, on the derelict and abandoned Pear Tree Cottage pub in Albutts Road, Brownhills West, was clearly built to do the business. If only a buyer could be found to breathe life into this lost pub once again.