| County | Brewery | Location | Premises | Description | Contributors | Photo? Gone? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Staffordshire |
Lichfield Brewery Co Ltd Lichfield | Abbots Bromley, 22 Bagot Street | Blacks Head (former) | The pub is now a private house 'Blacks Head House'. A very faded painted sign at ground floor level, a diamond shaped panel with 'THE LICHFIELD BREWERY COS - ALES WINES & STOUT'. Still visible in 2019. | TN photo 2004; Google 2019 | Picture |
Staffordshire |
Greenall Whitley & Co Ltd Warrington | Alsager, 58 Crewe Road | Mere Inn | In the ironwork of the hanging sign, the Greenall Whitley logo. | BHK 2010 | . |
Staffordshire |
Bass, Ratcliffe & Gretton Ltd Burton-upon-Trent | Armitage, 19 Rugeley Road | Swan | A Bass lantern above the door. A Bass plaque (damaged) at the side of the door. Both signs removed by 2012. | SP photo 2007; Google 2012 | Picture GONE |
Staffordshire |
Ansells Brewery Ltd Birmingham | Blythe Bridge, 305 Uttoxeter Road | Duke of Wellington (former) | At roof level on the corner pediment is an Ansell's (or Holt's?) squirrel in relief, painted gold. The pub is now a supermarket, but the squirrel survives. | BHK photo 2012; SP photo 2017 | Picture |
Staffordshire |
Mitchells & Butlers Ltd, Cape Hill, Smethwick; and Springfield, Wolverhampton | Brewood, 1 Market Place | Lion Hotel | On the hanging sign 'Mitchells & Butlers' lettering. A slate plaque on the front wall with 'Traditional Cask ALES', 'MITCHELLS & BUTLERS' and the brewery's 'Deer Leaping' trade mark. M&B signs removed by 2011. | BHK 2009; Google 2011 | . GONE |
Staffordshire |
Bass Worthington Burton-upon-Trent | Burton upon Trent, 10 Byrkley Street | Berkeley Arms (closed) | Two lantern signs with 'Bass' and red triangles. One slate plaque with 'Traditional CASK ALES', 'Bass' in a red triangle, and 'Worthington' - all quite modern. The pub had closed by 2015 and all signs removed. | SP 2006; BPu photo 2010; Google 2015 | Picture GONE |
Staffordshire |
Ind Coope Ltd - Station Street, Burton-upon-Trent and Star Brewery, Romford | Burton upon Trent, 101 Station Street | Roebuck | Two etched windows: 'IND COOPE ... 1856 ... BURTON BREWERY LTD' and the 'hand' trademark. Also an Ind Coope hanging sign with the 'hand' and '1856'. | SP 2006; BHK photo 2006 | Picture |
Staffordshire |
Not known | Burton upon Trent, 104 Grange Street | Star & Garter (former) | Has two gables each with a stone tablet - one with 'JH', the other with '1878'. Ian Haynes writes: Joseph Haynes appears to be the first landlord of the Star & Garter until his death on 2 September 1885. His wife Mary Ann ran the pub until about 1904-1911 when she presumably sold the pub to Marstons. It's not thought that this was a brewpub. It closed as a pub and was converted to flats by 2017. | SP photo 2006; Ian Haynes 2019 | Picture |
Staffordshire |
Worthington & Co Ltd Burton-upon-Trent | Burton upon Trent, 146 High Street | Worthington House: former Worthington Brewery offices | Now private offices. Over the front entrance, the brewery's 'Shield and Dagger' trademark and 'AD 1750' are carved in stone. There is also a Civic Society blue plaque recording its use as brewery offices 1888-1975. | SP photo 2009 | Picture |
Staffordshire |
Worthington & Co Ltd Burton-upon-Trent | Burton upon Trent, 22 Bridge Street | Nunneley House | Two stone boundary markers set into the pavement at the front: 'W & CO ltd BOUNDARY'. This is the site of Nunneley's Brewery, which was taken over by the Burton Brewery Co Ltd, and in 1915 acquired by Worthington & Co Ltd. | SP photo 2022 | Picture |
Staffordshire |
Joseph Nunneley & Co Burton-upon-Trent | Burton upon Trent, 22 Bridge Street | Nunneley House | A blue plaque records: "BURTON CIVIC SOCIETY ... NUNNELEY HOUSE ... BUILT C 1760 BY SAMUEL SKETCHLEY, A BREWER, & LATER OCCUPIED BY JOSEPH NUNNELEY'S BREWERY". | SP photo 2022 | Picture |
Staffordshire |
Bass, Ratcliffe & Gretton Ltd Burton-upon-Trent | Burton upon Trent, 43 Cross Street | Coopers Tavern | Etched glass panes to the lower halves of the two ground floor windows 'BASS & Co'S ... BURTON ALES ... ON DRAUGHT'. 'BASS & Co'S ... COOPERS TAVERN' and 'BASS & Co'S ... BURTON ALES' painted signs to the brickwork. This pub is now owned by the new Joule's Brewery. | SP photo 2009 and 2022; TrC 2021 | Picture |
Staffordshire |
Worthington & Co Ltd Burton-upon-Trent | Burton upon Trent, 50 Ashby Road | Waterloo | Large signs both sides of the building with raised lettering: 'Worthington's' and 'Worthington's Ales' - similar in style to that at the Blue Posts, Burton. In 2009, large board signs have been applied to both gables - the Worthington signs may survive beneath. Also, former 'Bass' applied letter signs have been removed from the pub. | TN photo 2006; SP 2009 | Picture OBSCURED |
Staffordshire |
Worthington & Co Ltd Burton-upon-Trent | Burton upon Trent, 50 High Street | Blue Posts (renamed Crossing) | The site of John Yeomans' Blue Posts Brewery. Following acquisition by Worthingtons, the pub was rebuilt in 1927. The outbuilding at the side of the pub has a large prominent letter sign - black lettering on white - with 'Worthington's Ales.'; similar to those at the Waterloo, Burton and the Olde Flying Horse, Kegworth, Leics (qv). In 2009, the lettering is painted over in white, but is still visible. | SP photo 2006 and 2022 | Picture |
Staffordshire |
Ind Coope Ltd - Station Street, Burton-upon-Trent and Star Brewery, Romford | Burton upon Trent, 86 Station Street | Devonshire Arms | Above the pole sign is the Ind Coope 'Hand' trademark flanked by '1856'. The pub later became a Burton Bridge house. | SP photo 2022 | Picture |
Staffordshire |
Hardy's Kimberley Brewery Ltd and Hansons Ltd (Hardys & Hansons from 1972) Kimberley | Burton upon Trent, 90 Horninglow Road | Crescent Hotel | A lantern sign on the side elevation: 'Kimberley Ales'. | BPu photo 2010; SP 2011 | Picture |
Staffordshire |
Worthington & Co Ltd Burton-upon-Trent | Burton upon Trent, 90 Horninglow Road | Crescent Hotel | A modern timber board sign with 'Worthington' and the brewery's 'dagger in shield' trade mark. | BPu photo 2010 | Picture |
Staffordshire |
Bass, Ratcliffe & Gretton Ltd Burton-upon-Trent | Burton upon Trent, Casey Lane | Grange Inn | On the end wall, an old fading painted 'Bass' sign. | SP photo 2006 and 2018 | Picture |
Staffordshire |
Bass, Ratcliffe & Gretton Ltd Burton-upon-Trent | Burton upon Trent, Dallow Street / Victoria Crescent | Star Inn (former) - now a cycle shop | Ancient painted sign at first floor level on the corner - very faint: 'STAR INN ... BASS'. Still just visible in 2019. | TN 2003; Google 2019 | . |
Staffordshire |
Bass, Ratcliffe & Gretton Ltd Burton-upon-Trent | Burton upon Trent, George Street | Boundary of Molson Coors Brewery | The boundary railings around Bass's Middle Brewery facing George Street feature three 'triangle' devices in the ironwork. | SP photo 2011 | Picture |
Staffordshire |
Bass, Ratcliffe & Gretton Ltd Burton-upon-Trent | Burton upon Trent, High Street | Former Bass Brewery offices | On the frontage are three stone boundary markers with 'BASS & Co. B' or 'BASS & Cos B'. On the northern elevation of the offices, facing a yard, is a doorway with a large triangle in relief in the stonework above. Note that the adjacent building (136 High Street) has a Civic Society blue plaque recording the home of William Bass from 1777-1787. | SP photo 2009 | Picture |
Staffordshire |
Charrington & Co Burton-upon-Trent | Burton upon Trent, Lichfield Street | Leopard | Mid-19c pub, the former tap to Charrington's Burton brewery, which was adjacent. According to a plaque on the building, it was purchased by Charrington in 1872 and rebuilt in the 'London Style'. Impressive exterior with several stone panels with depressed gold-painted lettering: 'CHARRINGTON'S FINE ALES' at high level on front elevation; two similar panels on the side elevation: 'LONDON STOUT' and 'PALE & BURTON ALES'. | TN 2005; SP photo 2006; BHK photo 2006 | Picture |
Staffordshire |
Bass Worthington Burton-upon-Trent | Burton upon Trent, Manor Drive | Winery (formerly Abbey Inn) | A brass letter-box on the front foor with 'THE ABBEY INN ... BASS WORTHINGTON LTD.'. | SP photo 2022 | Picture |
Staffordshire |
Samuel Allsopp & Sons Ltd Burton-upon-Trent | Burton upon Trent, Meadow Road | Cricketers Arms (demolished) | A very old etched window incorporating the brewery's 'Hand' trade mark and lettering 'VAULTS'. The pub was demolished, possibly in about 2010. | CMa photo | Picture GONE |
Staffordshire |
Bass, Ratcliffe & Gretton Ltd Burton-upon-Trent | Burton upon Trent, Shobnall Road | Bass's Brewery Pumping Station | The 19c pumping station features 'triangle' panes in the windows. | SP photo 2011 and 2017 | Picture |
Staffordshire |
Mann, Crossman & Paulin - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Burton upon Trent, Shobnall Road | Marston's Brewery | The old brewhouse was built in 1875 by Mann, Crossman & Paulin, the brewery taken over by Marston Thompson & Co in 1902. Along the parapet of the brewhouse in stone is 'MANN CROSSMAN & PAULIN'. The little street giving access to the brewery is CROSSMAN STREET. | SP 2004 and photo 2017; RPu photo | Picture |
Staffordshire |
Bass, Ratcliffe & Gretton Ltd Burton-upon-Trent | Burton upon Trent, Station Street, corner of Cooper Street | On the pavement | On the street corner are two stone boundary markers with 'Bass' in script. | SP photo 2009 | Picture |
Staffordshire |
Samuel Allsopp & Sons Ltd Burton-upon-Trent | Burton upon Trent, Station Street | Frontage of the former Allsopp brewery | There are four examples of boundary markers at back-of-pavement, including 'S.A. AND. SONS. BOUNDARY' and 'S.A. AND S. BOUNDARY'. | BHK photo 2009; SP photo 2009 | Picture |
Staffordshire |
Bass, Ratcliffe & Gretton Ltd Burton-upon-Trent | Burton upon Trent, Station Street | In front of 170-172 Station Street | The premises are now in retail use. Abutting the pavement at the front are two stone boundary markers with 'BASS. & Co. B'. A third tablet survives, but the lettering has been worn away. | BHK 2009; SP photo 2009 | Picture |
Staffordshire |
Worthington & Co Ltd Burton-upon-Trent | Burton upon Trent, Uxbridge Street | Labourers Union (former) | Two original etched windows at ground floor level. (1) 'WORTHINGTONS MILD ALES' with the 'sword in shield' trade mark. (2) 'WORTHINGTONS PALE ALES' with Prince of Wales Feathers and motto. In 2009, closed and boarded-up. By 2017, the pub had been converted to a shop, with the historic windows replaced by modern ones. | TN photo 2004; SP 2009; SP 2017 | Picture GONE |
Staffordshire |
Bass, Ratcliffe & Gretton Ltd Burton-upon-Trent | Forsbrook, Cheadle Road | Butchers Arms | Two lanterns on the frontage with 'Bass' in script and red triangles. This pub has since been taken over by Joule's, and is festooned with that new brewery's identity. | BHK 2012; SP 2017 | . GONE |
Staffordshire |
Ansells Brewery Ltd Birmingham | Fradley, Fradley Junction | Swan | Within the ironwork of the projecting sign is painted lettering: 'ANSELLS ... 1857', around a painted 'squirrel' trademark. Looks quite modern. | SP photo 2007 | Picture |
Staffordshire |
Bass Worthington Burton-upon-Trent | Great Haywood, Main Road | Clifford Arms | Two Bass lanterns. One car park sign with 'Bass Worthington (Midlands) Limited' underneath a red triangle enclosing a white silhouette 'Toby jug'. | SP photo 2007 | Picture |
Staffordshire |
S H Ward & Co Ltd Sheffield | Hamstall Ridware, Yoxall Road | Shoulder of Mutton | A Ward's lantern over the front door. | BPu 2010 | . |
Staffordshire |
Bass Worthington Burton-upon-Trent | Handsacre, The Green | Crown | Three examples of the 'Bass' script-style lettering applied to the walls. The hanging sign features 'Bass Worthington' lettering, and there are a couple of Bass lanterns near the side door. Brewery signs removed by 2010. | SP photo 2007; Google 2010 | Picture GONE |
Staffordshire |
Bass Worthington Burton-upon-Trent | Hixon, Lea Road | Green Man (demolished) | A painted slate plaque with 'Traditional CASK ALES', a red triangle with 'Bass' inside, and 'Worthington' lettering below. Plus a Bass lantern. Pub demolished by 2021 and replaced by a supermarket. | BHK 2012; Google 2021 | . GONE |
Staffordshire |
Dix & Co Ltd Stoke-on Trent | Kidsgrove, 25 Hardingswood Road | Blue Bell | A panel on the front features the pub name and a large 'Bell' image. Beneath this, it originally had raised concrete lettering 'DIX AND Coy's ALES' but this was chiselled off by Parkers. The Dix lettering is still just visible. | DL 2002; ME 2002; SP photo 2008 | Picture |
Staffordshire |
Bass, Ratcliffe & Gretton Ltd Burton-upon-Trent | Kidsgrove, Lower Ash Road | Woodshutts (demolished) | A postwar estate pub. Each end gable had a large 'Bass' sign in script lettering; one also had a red triangle. By 2016, the pub had been demolished and replaced by new housing. | SP 2007; Google 2016 | . GONE |
Staffordshire |
George Walker Leek | Leek, Fountain Street | Cattle Market Inn | At first floor level, a terracotta 'WL' monogram in a roundel. In the stone canopy above the door, two smaller 'WL' monograms. | SP photo 2008 | Picture |
Staffordshire |
Bass Worthington Burton-upon-Trent | Leek, Macclesfield Road | Dyers Arms | On the Kiln Lane elevation, an old square panel with 'Bass' in script and a red triangle in relief. In 2010, there were other (more modern) Bass signs, but these were all removed by 2021. | WRB photo 2010; Google 2021 | Picture |
Staffordshire |
Bass Worthington Burton-upon-Trent | Leek, St Edward Street | Swan (former) | Fading 'Bass Worthington' lettering on the hanging sign; also a slate plaque with 'Traditional CASK ALES' and a red triangle with 'Bass' underneath. By 2015, the pub had become the 'Green Dragon' and the Bass Worthington signs were removed. | WRB photo 2010; Google 2015 | Picture GONE |
Staffordshire |
Lichfield Brewery Co Ltd Lichfield | Lichfield, 169 Beacon Street | Fountain Inn | An interwar pub with a good pair of original leaded bay windows. The left-hand one features lettering: 'LICHFIELD ... BREWERY ... SMOKE ROOM ... COMPANY ... LIMITED'. The right-hand one has: 'ALES ... STOUT ... TAP ... ROOM ... WINES ... SPIRITS'. | SP photo 2007 | Picture |
Staffordshire |
Lichfield Brewery Co Ltd Lichfield | Lichfield, Upper St John Street | Lichfield Brewery (former) | Stone strap above the former entrance - 'THE LICHFIELD BREWERY'. Also a war memorial to former employees on the wall at ground floor level. At the rear, a fading painted sign on the brickwork is visible from the railway station - 'THE LICHFIELD BREWERY CO LIMITED'. Also a stone set in the apex of the building is dated 1858. | TN 2005; BHS photo; SP photo 2007 | Picture |
Staffordshire |
Samuel Allsopp & Sons Ltd Burton-upon-Trent | Little Hay, Little Hay Lane | Haycock Inn (former) | Now a house. Large fading painted sign covering most of one wall - 'THE HAYCOCK INN - ALLSOPP'S BURTON ALES' in gold lettering on red and black background. | TN photo 2002 | Picture |
Staffordshire |
H & G Simonds Ltd Reading | Little Haywood, Main Road | Lamb & Flag | In the car park is a 'No right of way' sign from 'H & G SIMONDS, LIMITED. BREWERS, READING'. Also Courage signs (qv). | BHK photo 2008 | Picture |
Staffordshire |
Courage Ltd - London, Bristol, etc | Little Haywood, Main Road | Lamb & Flag | Courage 'gold cockerel' and 'COURAGE' mounted above the inn sign. Also a Simonds' sign in the car park (qv). Courage signs removed by 2011. | SP 2007; Google 2011 | . GONE |
Staffordshire |
Bass Worthington Burton-upon-Trent | Needwood, B5017 | New Inn (former) | Over the left-hand door, a square box sign featuring red triangles and the 'Toby' image. Such signs were once ubiquitous, but are now very rare. The style also featured as beer tap cowls and ice boxes on the bar counter! There was also a large 'Bass' sign in script on the laft-hand walls, a Bass lantern, a 'Bass Worthington' slate plaque and an opening hours box. No longer a pub. All signs removed. | BHK photo 2009; Google 2021 | Picture GONE |
Staffordshire |
Alton & Co Ltd Derby | Newcastle-under-Lyme (Chesterton), 52 Sutton Street (corner of Castle Street) | Black Horse | Several etched windows 'ALTONS' above a variety of descriptions e.g. 'SMOKE ROOM'. | ME 2002; Google 2022 | . |
Staffordshire |
Bass, Ratcliffe & Gretton Ltd Burton-upon-Trent | Newcastle-under-Lyme (May Bank), Moreton Parade | Oxford Arms (demolished) | On each corner above former doorways, a large plastic script sign 'Bass'. Also a slate plaque with 'Traditional CASK ALES ... Bass' and a red triangle. Pub demolished 2010. | SP photo 2008; Google 2012 | Picture GONE |
Staffordshire |
Bents Brewery Co Ltd - Liverpool & Stone | Newcastle-under-Lyme, 36 The Higherland | Sneyd Arms | On the garden elevation, two etched windows. (1) 'BENTS ALES & WINES' surrounded by 'SNEYD ARMS' and 'VAULTS'. (2) 'BENTS STONE STOUT' surrounded by 'SNEYD ARMS' and 'VAULTS'. | ME 2002; TN 2004; BHK photo 2006 | Picture |
Staffordshire |
Bass, Ratcliffe & Gretton Ltd Burton-upon-Trent | Newcastle-under-Lyme, 70 George Street | Alma (former) | On each gable end, a large 'Bass' sign in script lettering. Both signs removed by 2014. Pub converted to a restaurant. | SP 2007; Google 2014 | . GONE |
Staffordshire |
Shrewsbury & Wem Brewery Co Ltd Wem | Newcastle-under-Lyme, 9 Barracks Road | Jolly Potters | A large metal plaque next to the front door with 'Wem Ales' and the brewery's trademark - relatively modern. Removed by 2009. | SP photo 2007; SP 2009 | Picture GONE |
Staffordshire |
Bass Worthington Burton-upon-Trent | Oulton, Kibblestone Road | Brushmakers Arms | A Bass lantern above the door. A slate plaque on the frontage: 'Traditional CASK ALES ... Bass (in a red triangle) ... Worthington'. An opening hours box with 'Bass Worthington' had been removed by 2021. | SP 2007; Google 2021 | . |
Staffordshire |
Mitchells & Butlers Ltd, Cape Hill, Smethwick; and Springfield, Wolverhampton | Penkridge, 29 Market Street | Horse & Jockey | Formerly: a large plastic M&B letter sign on the frontage; and a square plastic box sign with 'Mitchells & Butlers' underneath a red triangle enclosing an orange 'Toby jug' illustration. M&B signs removed by 2016. | RFl 2003; SP photo 2007; Google 2016 | Picture GONE |
Staffordshire |
Mitchells & Butlers Ltd, Cape Hill, Smethwick; and Springfield, Wolverhampton | Penkridge, Filance Lane | Cross Keys | Large plastic M&B letter signs on the front and side elevations; that on the side was formerly illuminated. | RFl 2003; SP photo 2007 | Picture |
Staffordshire |
Mitchells & Butlers Ltd, Cape Hill, Smethwick; and Springfield, Wolverhampton | Penkridge, Stone Cross | White Hart | Car park notice: 'Mitchells & Butlers' with a Bass Charrington logo - a silhouette of the Charrington 'Toby jug' in the Bass red triangle. There is also a board sign on the front with the 'deer leaping' trademark. | RFl 2003; SP photo 2007 | Picture |
Staffordshire |
William Butler & Co Ltd Wolverhampton | Penkridge, Stone Cross | White Hart | On one of the front windows, a round pane survives with a beautiful painted 'eagle and hop' trademark. A similar pane on the other window has been replaced with clear glass. | SP photo 2007 | Picture |
Staffordshire |
Allied Breweries - the national brewery conglemerate | Reapsmoor, Moor Road | Butchers Arms | A 'Double Diamond' lantern with 'DD' logo. | BHK photo 2013 | Picture |
Staffordshire |
Greenall Whitley & Co Ltd Warrington | Rolleston-on-Dove, Station Road | Brookhouse Hotel | In the ironwork above the pole sign, the Greenall Whitley logo. | BHK photo 2008 | Picture |
Staffordshire |
Bass Worthington Burton-upon-Trent | Rugeley, 55 Church Street | Prince of Wales | Board signs with 'Bass Worthington'; one Bass lantern; Bass Worthington opening-hours box. Also William Butler etched windows (qv). The Bass Worthington signs had been removed by 2012. | SP photo 2007; Google 2012 | Picture GONE |
Staffordshire |
William Butler & Co Ltd Wolverhampton | Rugeley, 55 Church Street | Prince of Wales | On the front elevation, two etched windows with 'BAR' and roundels with 'W.BUTLER & Co LIMd ... WOLVERHAMPTON' surrounding the brewery's 'eagle and hop' trademark. There is similar brewery glass in two doors, indicating 'BAR AND SMOKE ROOM' in the internal entrance door and 'SMOKE ROOM' in the back door to the lounge. Also 'Bass Worthington' signs (qv). | SP photo 2007 | Picture |
Staffordshire |
Ansells Brewery Ltd Birmingham | Rugeley, Market Street | Rugeley Progressive WMC | An oval projecting sign, featuring 'Ansells' in script, in the old style green and orange colours. | SP photo 2007 | Picture |
Staffordshire |
Bass, Ratcliffe & Gretton Ltd Burton-upon-Trent | Rugeley, Sheep Fair | Vine | Bass lantern above the door. | SP 2007 | . |
Staffordshire |
William Butler & Co Ltd Wolverhampton | Rugeley, Upper Brook Street | Crown Hotel | Large stone tablet between the first floor windows - 'CROWN HOTEL - BUTLER & Co Ld - FAMOUS ALES WOLVERHAMPTON'. On the frontage are three surviving timber roundels (out of four originally) with Butler's 'eagle and hop' trademark. | TN photo 2003; SP photo 2007 | Picture |
Staffordshire |
William Butler & Co Ltd Wolverhampton | Stafford, 1 Doxey Road | Castle Tavern (former) | A high-level fascia with good old raised lettering: 'CASTLE TAVERN ... ALES AND STOUT'. Between, the lettering has been chipped off, but in 2007 was still just discenible: 'BUTLER'S'. Premises converted to a restaurant, and all brewery lettering now removed. | SP 2007; Google 2014 | . GONE |
Staffordshire |
Ansells Brewery Ltd Birmingham | Stafford, 11-12 Peel Terrace | Kings Arms | A small oval plaque next to the door: 'Ansells (in script) ... TRADITIONAL ALE SOLD HERE'. | SP 2007 | . |
Staffordshire |
Ansells Brewery Ltd Birmingham | Stafford, 132 West Way | Westway (demolished) | A single Ansell 'squirrel' lantern next to the door. Reported demolished in 2016. | SP photo 2007; CAMRA 2016 | Picture GONE |
Staffordshire |
John Joule & Sons Ltd Stone | Stafford, 16-18 Mill Street | Nags Head (former) | Fading painted sign on the back wall between the first and second floor windows - white lettering on a green background: 'JOULES STONE ALES'. The pub has been converted to a fish restaurant, but the Joule's sign survives. | TN 2003; SP photo 2007; Google 2015 | Picture |
Staffordshire |
Parker's Burslem Brewery Co Ltd Stoke on-Trent | Stafford, 20 Common Road | Rifleman (formerly Rifle Volunteer Arms) | Lovely leaded front windows, including one with 'PARKER'S ... ALES'. | SP photo 2007 | Picture |
Staffordshire |
William Butler & Co Ltd Wolverhampton | Stafford, 33 Greengate Street | Bath Hotel (renamed Tavern) | Within the woodwork on the front elevation, two carved timber roundels featuring Butler's 'eagle and hop' trademark. | SP photo 2007 | Picture |
Staffordshire |
Parker's Burslem Brewery Co Ltd Stoke on-Trent | Stafford, 38 Mill Street | A former pub or off-licence | Large fading painted sign on the end wall at first floor level: 'PARKER'S CELEBRATED ALES'. | TN 2003; SP photo 2007 | Picture |
Staffordshire |
William Butler & Co Ltd Wolverhampton | Stafford, 64 Foregate Street (corner of County Road) | Kings Head (former) | Converted to a restaurant. The original timber frontage had no fewer than 16 roundels featuring Butler's 'eagle and hop' trademark - seven on the front; seven large and two small on the side - all nicely painted in gold. In about 2018, the whole frontage was clad in modern weather-boarding. The Butler roundels may or may not survive underneath. | SP photo 2007; Google 2018 | Picture GONE |
Staffordshire |
William Butler & Co Ltd Wolverhampton | Stafford, 66 Weston Road | Prince of Wales | Five surviving etched windows featuring roundels with 'W.BUTLER & Co LIMd ... WOLVERHAMPTON' surrounding the brewery's 'eagle and hop' trademark. | SP photo 2007 | Picture |
Staffordshire |
Courage Ltd - London, Bristol, etc | Stafford, 87 Wolverhampton Road | Star & Garter | A Courage gold cockerel mounted above the pole sign. | SP 2007 | . |
Staffordshire |
John Joule & Sons Ltd Stone | Stafford, Earl Street | Bird in Hand | There are two large Joule’s trademark crosses in stone relief each side of the main door. | RSc 2008 | . |
Staffordshire |
Bass, Ratcliffe & Gretton Ltd Burton-upon-Trent | Stafford, Rickerscote Road | Rickerscote Arms (demolished) | It retained Bass signage, including two large plastic 'Bass' wall signs in script. Pub demolished 2017. | SP 2007; Google 2018 | . GONE |
Staffordshire |
Bass, Ratcliffe & Gretton Ltd Burton-upon-Trent | Stapenhill, Stapenhill Road | Elms Inn | Painted sign on the frontage: 'BEST BASS (AT THE) ELMS INN', with a red triangle in the centre. Also a large painted red Bass triangle on the north side wall. | CAMRA mag 2007; SP 2009 | . |
Staffordshire |
Charles Hill & Son Burton-upon-Trent | Stapenhill, The Dingle | Punch Bowl (former) | Stone and brick archway at the rear - 'PUNCH BOWL INN ... HILL & SON'S ALES' incised into stone above the gate. This gateway served the pub garden and bowling green, and pre-dated the rebuilding of the pub in the 1930s. The pub has been redeveloped as a care home, but the gateway survives, now part of Stapenhill Gardens. The brewery became Beard Hill and Co Ltd in 1893, and succombed to Marstons in 1900. | TN photo 2004 | Picture |
Staffordshire |
Parker's Burslem Brewery Co Ltd Stoke on-Trent | Stoke-on-Trent (Burslem), 5a Hot Lane | Dog & Partridge (former) | A decorative tiled panel on the gable end: 'CELEBRATED ALES ... PARKERS'. It also had a beautiful tiled mosaic on the first floor front elevation depicting a Dog & Partridge, but this has been removed. The pub became a Scouts HQ by 1983, but by 2012 appeared to be converted to housing. There is also a plaque listing casualties of the First World War on the frontage. | ME 2002; Google 2012-2015 | . |
Staffordshire |
Parker's Burslem Brewery Co Ltd Stoke on-Trent | Stoke-on-Trent (Burslem), Pitt Street East | Parker's Brewery - former brewery offices | On the gable, an elaborate painted sign with hop decoration. A roundel with 'PARKER'S BURSLEM BREWERY Ltd' surrounding a shield. Above this, a wheatsheaf; below in scrolls: 'REGISTERED OFFICES'. | BHS photo | Picture |
Staffordshire |
Parker's Burslem Brewery Co Ltd Stoke on-Trent | Stoke-on-Trent (Cobridge), 144 Waterloo Road | American Hotel | Bay window with two remaining etched panes - 'PARKER'S - AMERICAN HOTEL'. | TN 2004 | . |
Staffordshire |
Bass, Ratcliffe & Gretton Ltd Burton-upon-Trent | Stoke-on-Trent (Cobridge), 268 Waterloo Road | New Queen (former) | On the north gable, a large illuminated 'Bass' sign in script lettering. Removed by 2009. Pub converted to retail. | SP 2007; Google 2009 | . GONE |
Staffordshire |
Bass, Ratcliffe & Gretton Ltd Burton-upon-Trent | Stoke-on-Trent (Fenton), 58 Victoria Road | Darcy's | To the left of the front door, a small plaque featuring a red diamond and 'Bass' (in script) ... 'Burton Ales'. Revealed in about 2012 after being previously obscured by a modern sign. | Google 2011-2012; SP 2023 | . |
Staffordshire |
Parker's Burslem Brewery Co Ltd Stoke on-Trent | Stoke-on-Trent (Hanley), 38 Hampton Street | George & Dragon (former) | The pub has been converted to offices. A splendid tiled front gable with lettering: 'CELEBRATED ALES ... PARKERS'. Also a tiled mosaic sign of St George and the Dragon above the former corner door. | ME 2002; WRB photo 2007; SP photo 2009 | Picture |
Staffordshire |
Parker's Burslem Brewery Co Ltd Stoke on-Trent | Stoke-on-Trent (Hanley), 593 Leek Road | Botteslow Arms (former) | Etched window: 'PARKERS'. Converted to a hairdresser's premises by 2011. All modern windows. | BL 2003; BHK photo 2006; Google 2011 | Picture GONE |
Staffordshire |
Bass, Ratcliffe & Gretton Ltd Burton-upon-Trent | Stoke-on-Trent (Hanley), 65 Old Town Road | Golden Cup | 'BASS ONLY' in huge relief letters on excellent green exterior tilework; the pub name in a stone panel above. Between the lettering on the fascia and in two places beneath the windows are red triangles (that on the fascia is missing). There is also a glazed 'Bass ON DRAUGHT' plaque with red triangle at the rear entrance to the yard, and another similar one in the yard (no public access). Also a modern etched front window advertising Bass. Was listed at Grade 2 in 2008; the listing cites CAMRA’s information that the ‘Bass Only’ tiling is unique. | ME 2002; GB 2008; SP photo 2008 and 2023 | Picture |
Staffordshire |
Parker's Burslem Brewery Co Ltd Stoke on-Trent | Stoke-on-Trent (Hanley), 69 Wellington Road | Highland Laddie (closed) | An old Parker's relief logo in the front gable: 'PARKERS CELEBRATED ALES'. Unfortunately the pub was demolished for redevelopment in 2011. | ME 2002; BHK photo 2006; Google 2011 | Picture GONE |
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Wm Younger & Co Ltd Edinburgh | Stoke-on-Trent (Hanley), Brunswick Street | Stage Door | Two lantern signs featuring 'YOUNGER'S ALES'. Both removed by 2015. | SP photo 2008; Google 2015 | Picture GONE |
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Bass, Ratcliffe & Gretton Ltd Burton-upon-Trent | Stoke-on-Trent (Hanley), Derby Street | New Inn (closed) | On the end wall, a 'Bass' script sign. Two Bass lanterns. Converted to retail by 2017 and the Bass signs removed. | WRB photo 2007; Google 2017 | Picture GONE |
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Ind Coope Ltd - Station Street, Burton-upon-Trent and Star Brewery, Romford | Stoke-on-Trent (Hanley), Marsh Street South | Jovial Foresters | Wonderful black & white frontage with the pub name and brewery name in bold relief on the front elevation. The brewery sign, above the first-floor windows, reads: 'IND COOPE'S BURTON ALES'. The pub reopened in 2005 after closure since 1939! | SP 2002; CAMRA mag 2007; WRB photo 2007 | Picture |
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Bass, Ratcliffe & Gretton Ltd Burton-upon-Trent | Stoke-on-Trent (Hanley), Percy Street | Market Tavern | All the windows, which appear to be modern, featured the Bass 'red triangle'. But replaced with clear glazing by 2015. | WRB 2007; Google 2015 | . GONE |
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Ind Coope Ltd - Station Street, Burton-upon-Trent and Star Brewery, Romford | Stoke-on-Trent (Hartshill), 9 Hartshill Road | Olde Bull & Bush (previously Gray's Corner) | Fascia: 'IND COOPE'S BURTON ALES ... IND COOPE'S ALES'. For several years, this was a Thwaites' pub 'Gray's Corner' with modern fascia boards obscuring the original signs. Closed in 2015, the modern signs had been removed to reveal just 'IND COOPE'S ALES' on the front fascia. The pub has since reopened with a new name, and the original front fascia survives. In 2015, a large Bass script sign was added to the Epworth Street elevation. | ME 2003; SP 2008; Google 2015-2021 | . |
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John Joule & Sons Ltd Stone | Stoke-on-Trent (Longton), 240 Normacot Road | Tam O'Shanter | At first floor level on the frontage, a stone cross - the brewery's trademark. Also a fine old decorative etched window with 'VAULTS ... STONE ALES'. | BHK photo 2009 | Picture |
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John Joule & Sons Ltd Stone | Stoke-on-Trent (Longton), Uttoxeter Road | Union Hotel (former) | On the right elevation, a large stone panel with carved lettering 'UNION HOTEL' around a raised cross, trademark of the brewery. Above the front door, another large cross, and 'UNION HOTEL' incised lettering. Now a solicitor's office, but the brewery features survive. | BHK photo 2009 | Picture |
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John Joule & Sons Ltd Stone | Stoke-on-Trent (Meir), Weston Road | Kings Arms (demolished) | A very large pub built by John Joule & Sons. Had a stone panel on a gable with large decorative "J J & S" logo. Dated 1935 on another gable panel. Demolished ca.2008 and replaced by a health centre. | SP photo 2007 | Picture GONE |
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Bass Worthington Burton-upon-Trent | Stoke-on-Trent (Shelton), 74 Sun Street | Shoulder of Mutton | On the Sun Street elevation, three surviving etched windows with 'WORTHINGTON'S' lettering - stylistically these appear to be from the 1930s. Also a Bass lantern. A large white plastic 'Bass' sign in script on the Mount Pleasant elevation was removed by 2016. | SP photo 2009; Google 2016 | Picture |
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Bass, Ratcliffe & Gretton Ltd Burton-upon-Trent | Stoke-on-Trent (Trent Vale), London Road | Bird in Hand | A large oval Bass sign at first-floor level - modern. Pub demolished for redevelopment by 2014. | SP photo 2007; SP 2014 | Picture GONE |
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Charles Bunting Ltd Uttoxeter | Stoke-on-Trent (Trent Vale), London Road | Black Lion | A large stone plaque on the frontage, featuring a trademark 'Hand and Laurel Wreath'. There is also a timber beam on a front gable with carving 'B Co Ltd' and 'AD 1899'. | SP photo 2007 | Picture |
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John Joule & Sons Ltd Stone | Stoke-on-Trent (Tunstall), 42 Paradise Street | Paradise | Three etched window panels (inside the main windows): 'STONE ALES'. | SP 2002; BHK photo 2006; SP photo 2007 | Picture |
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Bass, Ratcliffe & Gretton Ltd Burton-upon-Trent | Stoke-on-Trent (Tunstall), 53 High Street | Globe | One window had a modern sign with 'Bass' and a red triangle, but this removed by 2015. A narrow rectangular plaque left of the front door with "Bass" in script, a red triangle, and 'ON DRAUGHT'. Also a modern lantern sign with 'Beer from (red triangle) Bass'. | SP photo 2007; Google 2015 | Picture |
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Ansells Brewery Ltd Birmingham | Stoke-on-Trent (Tunstall), 77 High Street | Tavern (ex Albion) | An oval metal plaque with 'Ansells ALES' - orange lettering on green - and a squirrel illustration. | SP photo 2007 | Picture |
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Parker's Burslem Brewery Co Ltd Stoke on-Trent | Stoke-on-Trent (Tunstall), Roundwell Street | Victoria Inn (former) | Now a guest house. A splendid tiled front gable with lettering: 'CELEBRATED ALES ... PARKERS'. Also a tiled mosaic sign of Queen Victoria above the former corner door. | ME 2002; Google 2021 | . |
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Bents Brewery Co Ltd - Liverpool & Stone | Stone, 11 High Street | Falcon Hotel (former) | At first floor level facing Christchurch Way, a large stone tablet above the first floor windows - 'FALCON (falcon image) HOTEL ... WINELAND ... BENTS ALES AND STONE STOUT'. Now a restaurant. | TN 2003; TB photo 2006; SP photo 2016 | Picture |
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Bass, Ratcliffe & Gretton Ltd Burton-upon-Trent | Stone, 25 High Street | Red Lion | Two Bass lanterns on the frontage, incoporating the red triangle trade mark. In 2016, the lanterns were still there, but the Bass glass had been painted over. | TB photo 2006; SP 2016 | Picture GONE |
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Bass, Ratcliffe & Gretton Ltd Burton-upon-Trent | Stone, 38 High Street | Crown Hotel | Now a free house, formerly owned by Bass. The board sign next to the front door features a Bass logo; relatively modern. | SP photo 2007 | Picture |
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John Joule & Sons Ltd Stone | Stone, 50-52 High Street | Joule's Brewery (former) - now Co-op supermarket | On the former brewery entrance, a stone arch with strap across the top 'STONE BREWERY' in raised lettering. Above the door at the side is a stone panel with 'OFFICES' and a pediment incorporating the Joule's trademark cross in stone. | TN 2003; TB 2006; SP photo 2007; KSm photo 2013 | Picture |
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John Joule & Sons Ltd Stone | Stone, Crown Street | Crown & Anchor | Ornate hanging sign in a 'crown and anchor' design. The ironwork above incorporates the Joules 'cross' logo. Unfortunately, the decorative iron bracket with the Joules cross has been removed; the 'crown and anchor' pub sign is now attached flat against the wall. | TB photo 2006; SP photo 2007; SP 2016 | Picture GONE |
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Bass, Ratcliffe & Gretton Ltd Burton-upon-Trent | Stone, Eccleshall Road | Lamb | A large 'Bass' sign in script on the front gable. According to Google, the Bass sign had been removed by 2011. | SP photo 2007; Google 2011 | Picture GONE |
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John Joule & Sons Ltd Stone | Stone, High Street - outside the former Joule's Brewery | Joule's Clock | Joule's clock is now mounted on a free-standing post with a circular seat around the base, in the middle of High Street in front of the former brewery. A banner beneath the clock reads : 'LET THE STONE BE FIRM'. | SP photo 2016 | Picture |
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John Joule & Sons Ltd Stone | Stone, High Street | Joule's off licence (former) | The clock from Joules Brewery is now free-standing in the middle of High Street. The shop where it used to hang was once the brewery's retail outlet, the brewery being next door. In the shape of a barrel with a red cross on each face. A plaque on the shop wall records that the clock originally hung outside the brewery and was donated to the town by Bass Worthington. The plaque reads: 'THE ABOVE CLOCK WHICH FORMERLY HUNG OVER THE ENTRANCE TO JOULES BREWERY, STONE, WAS PRESENTED TO THE TOWN BY BASS WORTHINGTON AND RESTORED BY STONE TOWN COUNCIL AS A PERMANENT REMINDER OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THE BREWING INDUSTRY IN STONE FROM THE 12TH CENTURY UNTIL 31ST OCTOBER 1972 WHEN THE LAST BREWERY (JOULES) CLOSED. THE CLOCK NOW HANGS ABOVE THE OLD RETAIL SHOP OF THE BREWERY FORMERLY CALLED JOULES OF STONE'. | TB photo 2006; SP photo 2007 | Picture |
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John Joule & Sons Ltd Stone | Stone, Newcastle Street | Joule's Brewery - the former Ale Stores | The central gable of the Ale Stores features a painted lintel with red lettering on a green background: 'STONE ALE STORES. - 1881 - JOHN JOULE & SONS.'. The design incorporates three instances of the 'red cross' trademark, small letters with 'TRADE MARK' and two Staffordshire Knotts. Each of the five gables feature a red cross in brick; above this is a finial incorporating a red cross. The canalside elevation has five gables with similar features; this elevation also has a large painted sign - white lettering on green - 'Joule's STONE ALES' and two painted red crosses. There are iron gates to the yard with 'Joules' and two red crosses; facing the yard, a gable incorporates decorative brickwork in the shape of a cross. Another building has eight ventilation ducts on the roof with 'red cross' finials. | TN 2003; TB photo 2006; SP photo 2007; KSm photo 2013 | Picture |
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Mitchells & Butlers Ltd, Cape Hill, Smethwick; and Springfield, Wolverhampton | Tamworth, Corporation Street | Tavern in the Town (former) | Two M&B lanterns with the 'Deer leaping' trademark; 'MITCHELLS & BUTLERS' on the hanging sign. M&B signs removed by 2021. | WRB 2008; Google 2021 | . GONE |
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Frederick Smith Ltd Birmingham | Tamworth, Lower Gungate | Globe Inn | Built by Frederick Smith Ltd in 1901. Three fine etched windows on the frontage, each with ‘FS LD’ in a roundel. Also a 'Bass' lantern. | TN 2003; WRB photo 2008; SP photo 2012 and 2023; PLo 2017 | Picture |
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Bass, Ratcliffe & Gretton Ltd Burton-upon-Trent | Tutbury, Ludgate Street | Vine | Has the brewery's 'red diamond' motif in the attractive 1920s front leaded windows, which also have room names in green lettering. | SP photo 2009 | Picture |
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Bass, Ratcliffe & Gretton Ltd Burton-upon-Trent | Uttoxeter, 22 Market Place | Vaults | This famous Bass house has modern etched windows with a triangle motif and 'Bass' script lettering. | SP 2009 | . |
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Bass Worthington Burton-upon-Trent | Uttoxeter, 4 Market Street | Black Swan | A former James Eadie house. It had Bass-Worthington signage. A large plastic red letter sign on the front with 'Bass' in script. A slate plaque on the front wall with 'Traditional Cask ALES', 'Worthington' and a missing red triangle. A large Bass lantern over the side entrance. Two Bass Worthington opening hours panels. All Bass Worthington signs removed by 2015. | SP photo 2009; WRB photo 2011; Google 2015 | Picture |
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Ind Coope Ltd - Station Street, Burton-upon-Trent and Star Brewery, Romford | Uttoxeter, 43 Market Place | Olde Talbot | An Ind Coope hanging sign with 'IND COOPE', a 'hand' and '1856'. All painted black. | SP 2009; Google 2022 | . |
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Ind Coope Ltd - Station Street, Burton-upon-Trent and Star Brewery, Romford | Uttoxeter, 78 High Street | Wellington (former) | The remains of an Ind Coope hanging sign with the 'hand' and '1856'. Pub closed 2009. Converted to offices, but the pub sign bracket survives. | SP 2009 | . |