| County | Brewery | Location | Premises | Description | Contributors | Photo? Gone? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
West Midlands: Sandwell |
Mitchells & Butlers Ltd Smethwick | Brandhall, Hagley Road West | Kings Highway (demolished) | A massive pub opened in 1940 by M&B. Prominent exterior with a tower, underneath which is a 'crown' emblem set in a stylised landscape of a road with poplar trees and the sun at the end. The crown was one of the trademarks of the brewer. Demolished by 2009. | SP photo 2008; SP 2009 | Picture GONE |
West Midlands: Sandwell |
T Brennand Wednesbury | Great Bridge, 4 Market Place | Limerick (renamed 'Lounge') | In the centre of the ground floor frontage, a small decorative panel with monogram 'TB'. | SP photo 2006 | Picture |
West Midlands: Sandwell |
Atkinson's Brewery Ltd Birmingham | Greets Green, 1 Ryders Green Road | Eight Locks | CAMRA's 1994 local guide described "Atkinson's Brewery windows at front and back". By 2006, these had been replaced by crude modern windows. | CAMRA 1994; SP 2006 | . GONE |
West Midlands: Sandwell |
Julia Hanson & Sons Ltd Dudley | Horseley Heath, 29 Lower Church Lane | Blackcountryman (formerly Britannia) (demolished) | An old globe lantern sign above the door with 'HANSON'S ALES'. Two fine curved etched windows on the front with a detailed 'Britannia' illustration. Pub closed in 2006 and then demolished. | SP photo 2006 | Picture GONE |
West Midlands: Sandwell |
Holder's Brewery Ltd Birmingham | Langley, 1 Causeway Green Road | Royal Oak | In the rear lounge, four magnificent etched windows (not visible from the street) with HOLDER'S ALES in decorative lettering in an elaborate design. The lettering faces inwards. (There is a similar window in the toilet door with 'LAVATORY'.) Exterior signage is modern M&B including two 'deer leap' lanterns, and 'Good Honest Beer' in applied plastic lettering on the end wall. | SP 2005 | . |
West Midlands: Sandwell |
Frederick Smith Ltd Birmingham | Langley, 2 Titford Road | Model Inn (ex Queens Head) | Three very large decorative etched windows with text in two intertwined bands. Two on the front: (1) 'MODEL ARCHER INN' and 'ASTON MODEL BREWERY' with 'TRADE MARK' in the middle. (2) 'SMITH'S ASTON ALES' and 'ASTON MODEL BREWERY' with 'TRADE MARK' in the middle. One on the side, as (1) above. It is understood that one or two of these windows are replacements of the originals with minor variation of the text. | SP 2005 | . |
West Midlands: Sandwell |
Showells Brewery Co Ltd Oldbury | Langley, High Street | Crosswells | Named after the brewery which was located nearby. The pub sign is a cross - the brewery trademark. In the lounge, incorporated in the bar canopy are four old leaded window panels - with the 'cross' design and 'TRADE MARK - CROSS WELLS'. | SP 2005 | . |
West Midlands: Sandwell |
Mitchells & Butlers Ltd, Cape Hill, Smethwick; and Springfield, Wolverhampton | Oldbury, 172 Broadwell Road | Heron (demolished) | 1960s pub, rebuilt by M&B on the site of a former Butler's pub, the 'Old House at Home'. It had two M&B lanterns, a small box sign with red triangle and 'Toby' trademark, and an original glass panel on the former off-sales with 'M&B'. Demolished in 2006, and by 2009, the site had been redeveloped as flats. | SP photo 2006; Google 2009 | Picture GONE |
West Midlands: Sandwell |
Holt Brewery Co Ltd Birmingham | Oldbury, 17a Church Street | Waggon & Horses | A CAMRA National Inventory pub. Ex Holt Brewery, Birmingham. On the gable end, a faded painted sign: 'WAGGON & HORSES - HOLT BREWERY CO - ALES WINES AND SPIRITS'. Side elevation retains three original etched windows with 'THE HOLT BREWERY COMPANY', a squirrel, and 'TRADE MARK'. A similar design window on an unused front door. On the front and side gables, terracotta shields with a squirrel in relief, and a scroll underneath: 'HOLT BREWERY COMPANY'. | SP 2005; WRB photo 2010 | Picture |
West Midlands: Sandwell |
Mitchells & Butlers Ltd Smethwick | Smethwick, 100 High Street | Blue Gates Hotel | An enormous interwar pub by M&B. Over the rear door facing Stony Lane is a large decorative stone panel with carved lettering: 'The Blue Gates ... MITCHELLS & BUTLERS ... 1932'. | SP photo 2010 | Picture |
West Midlands: Sandwell |
Mitchells & Butlers Ltd, Cape Hill, Smethwick; and Springfield, Wolverhampton | Smethwick, 144 High Street | Old Talbot | Two M&B lanterns survive with the 'deer leaping' trademark. Google in 2019 shows that the lanterns have been removed. | SP photo 2010; Google 2019 | Picture GONE |
West Midlands: Sandwell |
Mitchells & Butlers Ltd Smethwick | Smethwick, 286 Heath Street | Queens Arms (former) | The hanging sign featured lettering 'M & B BEERS'. Google in 2012 shows that the hanging sign has been removed. | BHK photo 2010; Google 2012 | Picture GONE |
West Midlands: Sandwell |
Cheshire's Brewery Ltd Smethwick | Smethwick, 39 Cape Hill - corner of Windmill Lane | Seven Stars | A large corner pub, not far from the site of the brewery. At high level on the corner is a 'Windmill' image - the brewery trademark. The brewery was taken over by its near neighbours Mitchells & Butlers in 1913. | SP photo 2008 | Picture |
West Midlands: Sandwell |
Mitchells & Butlers Ltd Smethwick | Smethwick, Shireland Road | Waterloo Hotel | Tiled red terracotta fascia; elevation 1: 'MITCHELLS & BUTLERS'; elevation 2: 'MITCHELLS & BUTLERS ... BREWERS ... WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS'. At high level are four buff-coloured terracotta tiled gables - two with '1907', two with decorative logos 'M&B'. On the corner is a modern red 'M&B' letter sign, probably formerly illuminated. Grade 2-star listed, and a CAMRA National Inventory pub. | SP 2003; SP photo 2008 | Picture |
West Midlands: Sandwell |
Mitchells & Butlers Ltd Smethwick | Tipton, 172 Park Lane West | Red Lion | Pub closed in 2020. A former Frederick Smith (Aston) house. During the period of Bass M&B ownership, a blue plaque was installed on the front elevation: 'TIPTON CIVIC SOCIETY ... THE RED LION ... TIPTON'S OLDEST PUB DATING FROM THE LATE 18TH CENTURY AND, TOGETHER WITH THE ADJACENT HOUSE, THE LAST REMNANT OF THE OLD VILLAGE OF TIPTON GREEN ... BASS MITCHELLS AND BUTLERS'. | MBr photo 2021 | Picture |
West Midlands: Sandwell |
Mitchells & Butlers Ltd, Cape Hill, Smethwick; and Springfield, Wolverhampton | Warley, 457 Upper Hagley Road | New Talbot (demolished) | The pub had M&B signs, and the arch to the garden featured 'Deer Leaping' images. By 2012, the pub had been demolished. | SP 2008; SP 2012 | . GONE |
West Midlands: Sandwell |
Samuel Woodhall Ltd West Bromwich | Wednesbury, 56 Bridge Street | Coachmakers Arms | Lovely tiled panel at ground floor level (some damage): green lettering on cream 'WOODHALL'S OLD ENGLISH ALES', plus a splendid illustration of a Guard of the Tower of London in Tudor regalia. Sadly, in about 2017, this delightful frontage was rendered over. | TACS 2002; SP 2004; WRB photo 2006 | Picture GONE |
West Midlands: Sandwell |
Showells Brewery Co Ltd Oldbury | West Bromwich - Carters Green, 474 High Street | Old Hop Pole | It had two etched windows - 'SHOWELLS ALES', above which a roundel with 'TRADE MARK' and 'CROSS WELLS' around the 'cross' design - but these were replaced with modern glass in 2006. The porch glass with 'HOLTS' dates from the period as a Holt Plant & Deakin pub in the 1980s. | SP photo 2006 | Picture GONE |
West Midlands: Sandwell |
Mitchells & Butlers Ltd, Cape Hill, Smethwick; and Springfield, Wolverhampton | West Bromwich, 123 Dartmouth Street | Vine | An old painted sign at first floor level on the frontage: 'THE VINE ... M&B'. | TN photo 2003; SP 2006; Google 2018 | Picture |
West Midlands: Sandwell |
Holder's Brewery Ltd Birmingham | West Bromwich, 2 Lloyd Street | Crown & Cushion | Three etched windows with 'H' and 'LD' intertwined in a shield - two of these also have 'TRADE MARK'. Also has an M&B lantern with the 'deer leaping' trademark. | SP 2006; WRB photo 2006 | Picture |
West Midlands: Sandwell |
Mitchells & Butlers Ltd, Cape Hill, Smethwick; and Springfield, Wolverhampton | West Bromwich, 252 High Street | Star & Garter | Oval signs on the front and end walls include the 'deer leaping' trademark. Brewery signs removed by 2012. | TN photo 2005; Google 2012 | Picture GONE |
West Midlands: Sandwell |
Mitchells & Butlers Ltd Smethwick | West Bromwich, 277 High Street | Sandwell Hotel | The rear part has etched windows on the first floor: two have 'M&B'; two have the 'deer leaping' trademark. | TN 2005; SP 2006; BHK photo 2006 | Picture |
West Midlands: Sandwell |
William Bowen Ltd Greets Green | West Bromwich, 33 Stoney Lane | Queens Head (demolished) | A good set of etched front windows, one with 'BOWEN'S HOME BREWED ALES'. The window survived until 2012, but the pub was demolished by 2014. New houses now built on the site. | SP photo 2006; Google 2012-2014 | Picture GONE |
West Midlands: Sandwell |
Courage Ltd - London, Bristol, etc | West Bromwich, 376 High Street | New Hop Pole | Formerly one of T Brennand's (Wednesbury) houses. Later one of the pubs that M&B "swapped" with Courage in the 1980s. 'COURAGE' applied lettering on the fascia, and above the hanging sign. Courage signs removed by September 2011. | BPu photo 2011; Google 2011 | Picture GONE |
West Midlands: Sandwell |
Arthur James Price West Bromwich | West Bromwich, 43 High Street | Lewisham Hotel (renamed Desi Junction) | Within the top open pediment, a shield with 'AJP' intertwined. The brewery and premises were acquired by Holder's Brewery in 1908. | SP 2006; WRB photo 2006; BHK photo 2006 | Picture |
West Midlands: Sandwell |
Ansells Brewery Ltd Birmingham | Whiteheath Gate, 400 Birchfield Lane A4034 | Whiteheath Tavern | An etched window featuring the brewery's 'squirrel' trademark. Also other Ansell's signs. Google in 2015 shows that the windows have been replaced, and all Ansell signs have been removed. | BHK photo 2009; Google 2015 | Picture GONE |