| County | Brewery | Location | Premises | Description | Contributors | Photo? Gone? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
West Midlands: Birmingham |
William Butler & Co Ltd Wolverhampton | Acocks Green, 10 Yardley Road | Great Western | An interwar pub next to Acocks Green station. Above the corner window, a stone plaque with the brewery's 'Eagle' trade mark in relief. | Google 2020 | . |
West Midlands: Birmingham |
Wm Younger & Co Ltd Edinburgh | Adderley Park, Bordesley Green Road | Station Hotel (now closed) | An unusual round projecting sign on the front wall with 'William Younger' in script, and an illustration of 'Father William'. | BPu photo 2010 | Picture |
West Midlands: Birmingham |
Mitchells & Butlers Ltd Smethwick | Alum Rock, Alum Rock Road | Brookhill | Ex M&B, Cape Hill. By G B Cox of Harrison & Cox for M&B, opened January 1928. A goldmine for M&B defunctabilia! Modern etched glass in front windows and two doors with 'M&B' and deer leaping trademark. Five rainwater heads with 'M&B' vertically. Post sign on frontage - probably original - with lovely two-sided sign, possibly enamel: 1930s pictorial scene and lettering: 'THE BROOKHILL' and 'MITCHELLS & BUTLERS'. The front bars have fine ceilings with moulded beams: the central bar beams have numerous examples of 'M&B', deers leaping, and drinkers with foaming tankards! Are there any other examples of defunct brewery images on interior beams? | SP 2004; BHK photo 2006 | Picture |
West Midlands: Birmingham |
Holt Brewery Co Ltd Birmingham | Aston Cross, Corner of Lichfield Road and Rocky Lane | Golden Cross (former) | Over the Rocky Lane entrance, a splendid terracotta roundel with a squirrel at the centre encircled by 'THE HOLT BREWERY COMPy'. The pub became 'O'Reilly's', but was converted to flats by 2012. | BL 2003; SP photo 2006; SP photo 2010 | Picture |
West Midlands: Birmingham |
Ansells Brewery Ltd Birmingham | Aston Cross, Corner of Lichfield Road and Rocky Lane | Golden Cross (former) | High on the Rocky Lane elevation is yellow lettering in script style with neon illumination: 'Ansells Ales'. The pub became 'O'Reilly's', but was converted to flats by 2012, when the Ansell's sign was removed. | SP photo 2010 | Picture GONE |
West Midlands: Birmingham |
Mitchells & Butlers Ltd Smethwick | Aston, 144 High Street | Bartons Arms | Extraordinary restored late-Victorian pub. Many of the leaded windows have small painted shields with 'MB' monogram. A large window on the grand staircase contains a diamond with the 'MB' monogram and 'ERECTED 1901'. A CAMRA National Inventory pub. | BL 2003; SP photo 2010 | Picture |
West Midlands: Birmingham |
Mitchells & Butlers Ltd Smethwick | Aston, 281 Lichfield Road | Britannia (former) | On the east wall, a large fading painted sign: 'MITCHELLS & BUTLERS ... CLAN IVOR ... SCOTCH WHISKY'. | SP 2022 | . |
West Midlands: Birmingham |
Holt Brewery Co Ltd Birmingham | Aston, 305 Lichfield Road | Swan & Mitre (formerly Swanpool) | In the rear lounge, alongside the yard, two good etched windows survive with the Holt 'squirrel' in a roundel and 'TRADE MARK' - facing inwards. | SP photo 2006 | Picture |
West Midlands: Birmingham |
Ansells Brewery Ltd Birmingham | Aston, 474 Witton Road | Witton Arms | A grotesque panel features a monogram 'AAA'. It is thought that this was an early trademark for 'Ansell's Aston Ales'. | BHK photo 2013 | Picture |
West Midlands: Birmingham |
Holt Brewery Co Ltd Birmingham | Aston, Witton Lane, corner of Trinity Road | Holte Hotel | A large carved stone panel with 'HOLTE ... 1897 ... HOTEL'. Sitting above a central shield is a squirrel cracking a nut. We had thought that this was Holt Brewery's trade mark, but it turns out to be part of the historic coat of arms of the Holte family who formerly owned the land. The pub was owned by Flower's Brewery of Stratford-upon-Avon, then M&B. | BHK photo 2013 | Picture |
West Midlands: Birmingham |
William Butler & Co Ltd Wolverhampton | Balsall Heath, 189-191 Mary Street | Eagle Tavern | A very faint painted sign at first-floor level on the frontage: ' ... WOLVERHAMPTON ALES'. | Google 2016 | . |
West Midlands: Birmingham |
Mitchells & Butlers Ltd Smethwick | Balsall Heath, 527 Moseley Road | New Inn | Etched windows on the ground floor with 'MITCHELLS & BUTLERS LIMITED' in a roundel. In the centre of one is a crown illustration with 'TRADE MARK' and 'ESTd 1781'. The other has a 'deer leaping' illustration with lettering "DEERS LEAP" and 'REGd TRADE MARK'. Facing the car park, a 'NO PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY' sign with 'MITCHELLS & BUTLERS'. Google in 2011 indicated that the M&B features had been removed. | SP 2003; WRB photo 2007; Google 2011 | Picture GONE |
West Midlands: Birmingham |
Ansells Brewery Ltd Birmingham | Balsall Heath, 53 Tindal Street | Old Moseley Arms | The hanging sign has modern Ansells' signage: 'ANSELLS' and a squirrel. A squirrel on the fascia. Four round lanterns on the fascia features 'ANSELLS' lettering. | BHK photo 2009; SP photo 2023 | Picture |
West Midlands: Birmingham |
Ansells Brewery Ltd Birmingham | Birmingham, 1 Price Street | Bull (formerly Bulls Head) | Two attractive etched windows with 'Ansells Ales' in gold script. | BL 2003; WRB photo 2009; SP photo 2017 | Picture |
West Midlands: Birmingham |
Ansells Brewery Ltd Birmingham | Birmingham, 12 Banbury Street | Eagle & Tun | Original leaded windows with 'Ansells' in script. Closed in 2019 and demolished in connection with the HS2 development. | SP 2006; WRB photo 2006 | Picture GONE |
West Midlands: Birmingham |
Mitchells & Butlers Ltd Smethwick | Birmingham, 12 Well Street | Woodman (former) | M&B lanterns above two doors featuring 'deers leaping' images; M&B logos on the fascias; a modern board sign with 'Mitchells & Butlers' and another deer illustration. The pub was converted to commercial use by 2014, and all M&B signs had been removed. | BHK photo 2013; Google 2014 | Picture GONE |
West Midlands: Birmingham |
Mitchells & Butlers Ltd Smethwick | Birmingham, 150 Newhall Street | Queens Arms | Edwardian corner pub with an exceptional ornate tiled sign in art nouveau style on the curved corner splay with lettering: 'MITCHELLS AND BUTLERS GOLD MEDAL ALES' plus a scroll with two medals: 'EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE 1889' and 'MITCHELL & CO'. There is a similar style tiled sign above with the pub name and a crown symbol (an early trademark). Also two oriel windows at first floor level with flamboyant etched glazing including 'M&B Ld' monograms topped by crowns. A 2006 refurbishment included new etched ground floor windows incorporating crown images. | GB 2003; BHK photo 2006; SP photo 2006 | Picture |
West Midlands: Birmingham |
Mitchells & Butlers Ltd, Cape Hill, Smethwick; and Springfield, Wolverhampton | Birmingham, 176 Edmund Street | Old Contemptibles | A large red 'M&B' letter sign with the pub name (cursive) on the curved corner. Two hanging signs topped with 'deer leaping' symbols. Relatively modern M&B fascia board signs with deers leaping. A refurbishment in 2009 resulted in the removal of all M&B signs except the modern fascias (the pub is owned by pubco Mitchells & Butlers). | SP photo 2006; SP 2009. | Picture GONE |
West Midlands: Birmingham |
Ansells Brewery Ltd Birmingham | Birmingham, 22 Great Hampton Street | Church | Ansells signage, including three lanterns with the final Ansells style livery. The pub sign features moulded 'squirrel' illustrations in the ironwork. All Ansells signs removed by 2012. | SP 2007; Google 2012 | . GONE |
West Midlands: Birmingham |
Mitchells & Butlers Ltd Smethwick | Birmingham, 232 Broad Street | Granville Inn | Built as the GRANVILLE INN by M&B; architect Arthur Edwards. Good faience frontage; the four identical round gables feature 'M&B' in a roundel, and the date 1923. In recent years, has been 'O'Neills'. | SP photo 2006 | Picture |
West Midlands: Birmingham |
Mitchells & Butlers Ltd Smethwick | Birmingham, 275 Corporation Street | King Edward (former) | Fascia - relief lettering - 'WINES AND SPIRITS MITCHELLS & BUTLERS GOLD MEDAL ALES AND STOUTS WINES AND SPIRITS'. The arch on the corner door has two fine 'M&B' monograms within scroll work. Built in 1905 to a design by Wood & Kendrick. Pub closed for many years, although the upper floors have been converted to flats. In 2020, the M&B fascia was obscured by modern fascia boards. | BL 2003; SP photo 2005; Google 2020 | Picture OBSCURED |
West Midlands: Birmingham |
Henry Mitchell & Co Ltd Smethwick | Birmingham, 31 Summer Row | Shakespeare | Within the glass screen above the porch is etched glass containing 'H M & Co' - best viewed from inside. | SP photo 2007 | Picture |
West Midlands: Birmingham |
Ansells Brewery Ltd Birmingham | Birmingham, 322 Summer Lane | Barrel | 2003: etched window - Ansell squirrel. 2006-2007: no sign of an Ansell squirrel on the exterior windows. The windows are replaced by modern ones, incorporating relatively modern leaded panels inside; there are leaded representations of a squirrel in some of the panes, but these are not corporate Ansell's or Holt's versions. | BL 2003; WRB 2006; SP 2007 | . GONE |
West Midlands: Birmingham |
Davenport's Brewery Ltd - formerly John Davenport & Son Brewery Ltd Birmingham | Birmingham, 34 Horsefair | White Lion (former) | A James and Lister Lea pub of 1896, built for Davenports. One of the gables incorporates a panel with 'JD&S' (John Davenport & Sons). The other gable has the building's date. Now used as a restaurant and night club. | SP 2003; WRB photo 2006 | Picture |
West Midlands: Birmingham |
Butler's Crown Brewery Ltd Birmingham | Birmingham, 36-37 Broad Street | Crown Hotel (former) - currently Reflex | Formerly the home and tap of William Butler's Crown Brewery from 1876 until his merger with Henry Mitchell in 1898. The pub existed first (1781), and the brewery was named after it, taking the 'crown' as its trademark. The fine exterior has a clock tower with cupola and a prominent 'crown' on top. Also roundels with crowns high on the west elevation, and above an unused front door. | SP photo 2006 | Picture |
West Midlands: Birmingham |
Holder's Brewery Ltd Birmingham | Birmingham, 47 Upper Gough Street | Craven Arms | Alterations were carried out by Holder's Brewery in 1906 to the designs of Arthur Edwards, when a magnificent tiled facade in shades of blue and gold was added. Above the fascia are two large tiled panels in blue and gold: 'CRAVEN ARMS ... HOLDER'S ALES & STOUT'; the one above the door also features the brewery 'H Ld' monogram. TN's photos in 1974 show that at the time the fascia had modern boards installed. Since then the wonderful gold tiled fascia has been revealed with more Holder's lettering and another monogram. Some old etched windows survive. | TN photo 2004; SP photo 2013 | Picture |
West Midlands: Birmingham |
Mitchells & Butlers Ltd, Cape Hill, Smethwick; and Springfield, Wolverhampton | Birmingham, 93 Bath Street | Gunmakers Arms | A Victorian corner pub with M&B livery, including large 'M&B' letter signs affixed to the walls. Formerly an Atkinson's pub. The M&B signs had been removed by 2017. The pub has been taken over by the adjacent Two Towers brewery. | WRB photo 2009; SP 2017 | Picture GONE |
West Midlands: Birmingham |
Holt Brewery Co Ltd Birmingham | Birmingham, Holt Street | Gosta Green | Formerly the brewery offices, built and dated 1906. At fascia level on the corner, a Holt squirrel in terracotta. On the south elevation, partly obscured by a modern pub sign and several inserted windows, is a faded painted sign: 'HOLT BREWERY CO LTD ... BREWERS OF (obscured) MALT ALES & STOUTS'. The street is named after the brewery. | BL 2003; SP 2003; WRB photo 2006 | Picture |
West Midlands: Birmingham |
Firkin brewpubs - various locations | Birmingham, Kingston Row | Flapper & Firkin | It's thought that this was a later, non-brewing Firkin, probably receiving its beers from Wolverhampton. It had large letter signs in typical style from the Allied period, including 'FIRKIN BREWERY' at roof level. Renamed 'Flapper'. No evidence of the Firkin brewery remains. | WRB photo 2006; SP photo 2006 and 2022 | Picture GONE |
West Midlands: Birmingham |
Mitchells & Butlers Ltd Smethwick | Birmingham, Lower Temple Street | Shakespeare | Floor of the entrance lobby - mosaic tiling with 'M&B'. | SP photo 2005 | Picture |
West Midlands: Birmingham |
Holder's Brewery Ltd Birmingham | Birmingham, Summer Hill Terrace | Summer Hill Stores (former) | Former corner pub - six pilasters around the frontage - at the top of each a decorative shield with monogram 'H LD'. The property is no longer a pub. | WRB photo 2006; SP photo 2012 | Picture |
West Midlands: Birmingham |
Ansells Brewery Ltd Birmingham | Bordesley, 104 Warwick Street | Spotted Dog | A metal oval plaque, orange lettering 'Ansells ALES' on green, with a squirrel illustration. Also an 'Ansells' lantern sign with a squirrel. The Ansells lettering is in script style. Plaque removed by 2016. | SP 2006; WRB photo 2006; Google 2016 | Picture |
West Midlands: Birmingham |
Peter Walker (closed 1883) Wrexham | Bordesley, 160 High Street | Rainbow | Above the corner entrance is a stone panel with the logo of a goat. Trademark - Goat and mountain with Welsh motto - registered no 3908 - 16.03.1876. | RS 2003; SP photo 2007 | Picture |
West Midlands: Birmingham |
Ansells Brewery Ltd Birmingham | Deritend, 210 Moseley Street | Market Tavern | Hanging sign with the Ansell's squirrel in the ironwork. A CAMRA National Inventory pub. | WRB photo 2006 | Picture |
West Midlands: Birmingham |
Ansells Brewery Ltd Birmingham | Deritend, 34 Macdonald Street | Town Crier | Built by Ansells in about 1960. An 'Ansells' doormat in the porch. | SP photo 2013 | Picture |
West Midlands: Birmingham |
Courage Ltd - London, Bristol, etc | Digbeth, 1 Digbeth | Bull Ring Tavern | A single red square box sign between the second and third floor windows, featuring the Courage gold cockerel. | SP 2007 | . |
West Midlands: Birmingham |
Ansells Brewery Ltd Birmingham | Digbeth, 276 Bradford Street | White Swan | By architects James & Lister Lea for Ansells, 1899-1900; a CAMRA National Inventory pub. Three gables, each with a terracotta shield 'AAA'. It is thought that this was an early trademark for 'Ansell's Aston Ales'. | SP 2005; WRB photo 2006 | Picture |
West Midlands: Birmingham |
Ansells Brewery Ltd Birmingham | Digbeth, 308 Bradford Street | Anchor | Two metal oval plaques, orange lettering 'Ansells ALES' on green, with a squirrel illustration. A more modern plaque with 'Ansells TRADITIONAL ALES SOLD HERE'. Three lantern signs over the doors with 'Ansells' and a squirrel. By architects James & Lister Lea for Ansells in 1902; a CAMRA National Inventory pub. By 2021, the only Ansell sign surviving is one lantern over the corner door. | SP 2006; WRB photo 2006; Google 2021 | Picture |
West Midlands: Birmingham |
Mitchells & Butlers Ltd Smethwick | Digbeth, 75 Digbeth | Big Bulls Head | Four M&B lanterns with 'deers leaping'. Applied M&B letters to the fascia. Modern painted board signs with 'deers leaping'. All lanterns and M&B signs removed.. | WRB 2006; Google 2020 | . GONE |
West Midlands: Birmingham |
Butler's Crown Brewery Ltd Birmingham | Erdington, 1 Marsh Lane | Royal Oak | Internal: the door to the 'SMOKING ROOM' has etched glass. This has a roundel with a crown (trade mark) illustration in the centre, around which is 'BUTLER'S CROWN BREWERY ALES'. This window probably predates the creation of M&B in 1898. | SP photo 2006 | Picture |
West Midlands: Birmingham |
Mitchells & Butlers Ltd Smethwick | Erdington, 105 Station Road | Red Lion | In a stone pediment above the corner door, an 'M&B' monogram, very eroded. On the first floor, at least two etched windows have a 'crown' illustration and 'TRADE MARK'. In the rear lounge, alongside the yard, is a similar window, facing inwards. | SP photo 2006 | Picture |
West Midlands: Birmingham |
Mitchells & Butlers Ltd Smethwick | Erdington, 15 High Street | Cross Keys | Built 1911 by Wood & Kendrick. Three bay windows, two at the front and one at the back; the top panes are leaded, each with a central 'crossed keys' illustration, and two panels with decorative insignia - M&B'. | SP photo 2006; BHK photo 2006 | Picture |
West Midlands: Birmingham |
Holder's Brewery Ltd Birmingham | Erdington, 71 Summer Road | New Inns | Beautiful etched windows. Two on the front have 'H LD' monogram in a roundel, and 'WINES & SPIRITS'. Later ownership is indicated by M&B 'deers leap' panels on the hanging sign and the gable end. | BHK photo 2006; SP photo 2006 | Picture |
West Midlands: Birmingham |
Mitchells & Butlers Ltd Smethwick | Erdington, Marsh Hill | Stockland (Village Green) | A fine 1924 pub by Bateman & Bateman for M&B. Five stone pillars around the car park have 'M&B' lettering carved into the sandstone on each side - 20 instances in all. However, most are badly weather-eroded. The pub was converted to a Chinese buffet restaurant in 2006, but has returned to pub use as the 'Village Green'. | BHK photo 2006; SP photo 2006 | Picture |
West Midlands: Birmingham |
Mitchells & Butlers Ltd Smethwick | Erdington, Tyburn Road | Norton (demolished) | A 1927 pub by James & Lister Lea. Above each of the two doors, a stone panel logo with 'M&B'. RWo reports in 2007 that the pub has been demolished. Replaced by a Lidl store. | SP 2003; RWo 2007 | . GONE |
West Midlands: Birmingham |
Mitchells & Butlers Ltd Smethwick | Hall Green, 976 Stratford Road | College Arms | A large 1930s pub. On each corner was a chunky plastic letter sign 'M&B' (possibly with internal illumination). Also two M&B lanterns featuring the 'deer leaping' trade mark. Google in 2012 indicates that the brewery signs had been removed. | BHK 2010; Google 2012 | . GONE |
West Midlands: Birmingham |
Mitchells & Butlers Ltd Smethwick | Hall Green, York Road | York | Two stone plaques on the exterior with raised lettering. (1) 'THE YORK' ... (shield) ... 'M B'. (2) 'M & B'. The M&B lettering is in the brewery's house style. | BPu photo 2010; BHK photo 2011 | Picture |
West Midlands: Birmingham |
Holt Brewery Co Ltd Birmingham | Handsworth, 270 Soho Road | Red Lion | Masterpiece and CAMRA National Inventory pub built 1901 by James & Lister Lea for Holt Brewery, Birmingham. On the east wall, a faded painted sign: 'RED LION HOTEL' 'HOLT BREWERY ALES'. Inside the main room, a magnificent bar-back incorporated fabulous original etched and gilded mirrors with 'HOLT BREWERY'S ALES', a painted squirrel,and 'TRADE MARK'. | SP 2004; SP photo 2010 | Picture |
West Midlands: Birmingham |
Courage Ltd - London, Bristol, etc | Handsworth, 72a Soho Road | Gateway To India | The pole sign incorporates a plain red box with the Courage cockerel. Mounted above is another gold cockerel. | BHK photo 2010 | Picture |
West Midlands: Birmingham |
Mitchells & Butlers Ltd Smethwick | Handsworth, Holyhead Road, corner of Sandwell Road | New Inns (former) | A 19c pub which was much altered and extended by M&B, becoming one of their flagship pubs. Three carved roundels on the exterior gables: '1885', '1901' and 'M&B'. On the frontage the heads of two pilasters incorporate an 'M&B' monogram, edged by leaves and topped with a crown - an M&B trademark. Converted to flats during the 1990s. | SP 2004; BHK photo 2006 | Picture |
West Midlands: Birmingham |
Holt Brewery Co Ltd Birmingham | Handsworth, Rookery Road | Farcroft Hotel | A massive interwar suburban pub by Holt's Brewery. To the right of the arched entrance was an original leaded window on the front bay: a roundel with lettering 'THE HOLT BREWERY COMPy Ltd ... TRADE MARK' surrounding a squirrel illustration. Also more modern Ansells signs, including lanterns. Google in 2014 indicates that the Holt window, and the Ansells signs had been removed. | SP photo 2010; Google 2014 | Picture GONE |
West Midlands: Birmingham |
Mitchells & Butlers Ltd Smethwick | Harborne, 2 High Street | Green Man | Carved into the end of the original timber pub sign bracket, a shield with monogram 'M&B'. | BHK photo 2010 | Picture |
West Midlands: Birmingham |
Mitchells & Butlers Ltd Smethwick | Harborne, 212 High Street | Junction Inn | By Wood & Kendrick, 1903. No less than sixteen etched first-floor windows with 'M&B Ltd'. | SP 2005; SP photo 2011 | Picture |
West Midlands: Birmingham |
Mitchells & Butlers Ltd Smethwick | Hay Mills, 1123 Coventry Road (corner of Redhill Road) | Redhill Tavern | A Tudor-style pub, designed by Harrison & Cox for M&B; opened September 1926. 'M&B' in raised lettering in a stone panel over the Redhill Road entrance. | RWo 2007; BHK photo 2009 | Picture |
West Midlands: Birmingham |
Mitchells & Butlers Ltd Smethwick | Highgate, 291 Gooch Street | Ale Stake (former) | Now Big John's fast-food premises. Adjacent to the car park is quite a large 'Patrons only - No liability' sign featuring the Bass triangle with a Toby in the centre, and 'Mitchells & Butlers' lettering. | SP photo 2013 | Picture |
West Midlands: Birmingham |
Atkinson's Brewery Ltd Birmingham | Hockley, 27 Constitution Hill | Hen & Chickens | Internal. This Victorian pub has some fine original features. The bar-back is probably 1930s, and features a small corner cupboard with the brewery's logo of three "A's" in a circle in leaded glass. | SP photo 2017 | Picture |
West Midlands: Birmingham |
Mitchells & Butlers Ltd Smethwick | Jewellery Quarter, Albion Street | George & Dragon (former) | A pub which was closed and derelict for many years, restored in 2012. Over an end door, a damaged example of the M&B 'cube' lantern which was once on almost all of the brewery's pubs. The pub reopened as a free house named 'Pig & Tail' in 2016, with all brewery features removed. | SP photo 2012; SP 2017 | Picture GONE |
West Midlands: Birmingham |
Holt Brewery Co Ltd Birmingham | Kings Heath, High Street | Hare & Hounds | By Samuel Owen for Holt's Brewery, 1906-1907. No brewery identification outside. Inside, the very good (but altered) interior features Holt Brewery text in the etched mirrors on the bar-back, and a Holt 'squirrel' on a metal clock. The clock is by Marsh & Co, Birmingham, and features Queen Victoria's crest and 'Rebuilt 1907'. | SP 2003; SP photo 2011 | Picture |
West Midlands: Birmingham |
Mitchells & Butlers Ltd Smethwick | Kings Norton, 1814 Pershore Road | Grant Arms | On the front and side elevations, two stone panels - slightly different designs - with incised lettering 'MITCHELLS & BUTLERS' within an oval. | SP photo 2010 | Picture |
West Midlands: Birmingham |
Ansells Brewery Ltd Birmingham | Ladywood, 289 Icknield Port Road | Belle Vue | Ex Holt's Brewery. An Ansells sign in script on the south side wall, and an Ansells lantern over each of the two doors. The pub closed in about 2008. Signs removed by 2015. | TB photo 2011; Google 2015 | Picture GONE |
West Midlands: Birmingham |
Ansells Brewery Ltd Birmingham | Lozells, 67 Lozells Road | Lozells Inn (former) | Ex Holt's Brewery. Converted to a shop in about 1998. On the east gable wall, an applied letter sign 'Ansells' in script - formerly illuminated with floodlights. | SP photo 2017 | Picture |
West Midlands: Birmingham |
Holt Brewery Co Ltd Birmingham | Moseley, 1 St Marys Row | Fighting Cocks | Above the corner door is an original wall-mounted inn sign with the pub name, two cocks and a shield. Over the shield is a small Holt's squirrel. A wonderful building by Newton & Cheatle for Holt Brewery, 1898-1899. | BPu photo 2011; SP photo 2023 | Picture |
West Midlands: Birmingham |
Mitchells & Butlers Ltd Smethwick | Nechells, 73 Cato Street North | Albion Vaults | Large prominent 'M&B' signs on three elevations. | Google 2020 | . |
West Midlands: Birmingham |
Davenport's Brewery Ltd - formerly John Davenport & Son Brewery Ltd Birmingham | Northfield, Bristol Road | Black Horse | A 'Brewers Tudor' masterpiece, this pub was built for Davenport's Brewery in 1929, and has been well restored by Wetherspoons. No apparent brewery features externally, but above the fireplace in the first-floor function room is a bust of 'BARON JOHN DAVENPORT ... BORN 1869, DIED 1939'. | SP photo 2011 | Picture |
West Midlands: Birmingham |
Holt Brewery Co Ltd Birmingham | Selly Oak, 561 Bristol Road | Bournbrook Hotel (Goose at the OVT) | The formerly hidden faience tiled fascia has been revealed by restoration. It has two examples of raised lettering 'Holt Brewery Co Ltd'; and in the centre the pub's original name 'BOURNBROOK HOTEL'. Over a door on the right-hand side is a stone or plaster panel with quite a large example of Holt's squirrel in a central oval. | SP photo 2011 | Picture |
West Midlands: Birmingham |
Mitchells & Butlers Ltd Smethwick | Selly Oak, 676 Bristol Road | Station Hotel | Has been renamed 'Bristol Pear'. A pediment enclosing a stone shield with 'MB' monogram. | BHK photo 2011 | Picture |
West Midlands: Birmingham |
Holt Brewery Co Ltd Birmingham | Selly Park, 1065 Pershore Road | Dogpool Hotel | A fine faience exterior by Holts. At the apex end of the building, a stone roundel at ground floor level features an 'HBC' monogram in relief, and another at high level features a squirrel - the brewery's trademark - in relief. The stone fascias have four instances of 'THE DOGPOOL HOTEL' in relief. | SP photo 2010 | Picture |
West Midlands: Birmingham |
Holder's Brewery Ltd Birmingham | Selly Park, 592 Pershore Road | Selly Park Tavern | Built in 1901. A stone shield on the front gable, with monogram: 'H Ld'. On the rear staircase, a similar monogram is set within the leaded glass of the window. | BPu photo 2010; SP photo 2010 | Picture |
West Midlands: Birmingham |
Mitchells & Butlers Ltd Smethwick | Selly Park, Dads Lane | Highbury | Built by M&B in about 1929. It has an unusually shaped plaque above the corner door: 'THE HIGHBURY ... M&B'. Inside, 'M&B' is carved into the pediment of the timber bar-back. | SP photo 2010 | Picture |
West Midlands: Birmingham |
Mitchells & Butlers Ltd Smethwick | Soho, 211-213 Soho Road | Barrel | At first floor level is a chunky plastic letter sign 'M&B' (possibly with internal illumination). Also two M&B lanterns featuring the 'deer leaping' trade mark. Google in 2014 indicates that the pub has been converted to retail, and all brewery signs had been removed. | SP photo 2010; Google 2014 | Picture GONE |
West Midlands: Birmingham |
Mitchells & Butlers Ltd Smethwick | Sparkbrook, 170 Anderton Road | Marlborough | 1900 by James & Lister Lea; a CAMRA National Inventory pub. Original first-floor windows, six of which have 'MITCHELLS & BUTLERS LIMITED' in a roundel around a central 'Crown' illustration, 'ESTD 1781' and 'TRADE MARK'. Also two similar windows at second-floor at the back. | SP 2005; SP photo 2011 | Picture |
West Midlands: Birmingham |
Mitchells & Butlers Ltd Smethwick | Sparkhill, 512 Stratford Road | Antelope (former) | By Holland W Hobbiss, one of M&B's flagship pubs when opened in April 1924. On the front parapet, large lettering in stone relief -'MITCHELLS & BUTLERS'. The pub has been converted into an Indian buffet restaurant, but the original signs survive. | SP photo 2006 | Picture |
West Midlands: Birmingham |
Mitchells & Butlers Ltd Smethwick | Sutton Coldfield, 8 Birmingham Road | Cup (Brewhouse & Kitchen) | The decorative iron pub sign with 'M&B' monogram has been relocated next to the front door. In about 2017, it became a brew pub 'Brewhouse & Kitchen'. | BHK photo 2007; Google 2017; SP photo 2022 | Picture |
West Midlands: Birmingham |
Ansells Brewery Ltd Birmingham | Tyburn, Kingsbury Road / Chester Road | Tyburn House | A large pub designed in 'Cotswold' style by architects Batemans for Ansells in 1930. Above a door, 'Ansells' in script, carved in the stone with vine leaves. On each of five very attractive downpipe heads, 'A' and the date 1930. with a border of hop decoration. | BPu photo 2010 | Picture |
West Midlands: Birmingham |
Mitchells & Butlers Ltd Smethwick | Winson Green, 84 Dudley Road | Old Windmill | The fascia sign featured two ovals with 'M&B' and the 'deer leaping' image. There were also two M&B lanterns with the 'deer leaping' image. All brewery signs were removed by 2012. A former Holder's pub, but in 1936, the architect Holland W Hobbiss installed a spectacular art deco frontage with 'MITCHELLS & BUTLERS' lettering - now long gone. | BHK photo 2010; Google 2012 | Picture GONE |
West Midlands: Birmingham |
Mitchells & Butlers Ltd Smethwick | Winson Green, Talbot Street | Talbot (demolished) | This Victorian pub had a fading painted 'MITCHELLS & BUTLERS' sign on the side wall. Demolished by 2011. | SP 2006; Google photo 2009; SP 2011 | Picture GONE |
West Midlands: Birmingham |
Mitchells & Butlers Ltd Smethwick | Wylde Green, Sutton Road | Yenton | In the tympanum above the front door, a stone panel with insignia - 'M&B'. | SP 2003; BHK photo 2006 | Picture |
West Midlands: Birmingham |
Holt Brewery Co Ltd Birmingham | Yardley Wood, 327 Highfield Road | Sherwood (renamed) | 1930s pub with a Holt squirrel in a stone panel on the corner splay. Near Yardley Wood station. | SP photo 2005 | Picture |