Shepherds Cottage (Princes End)

Shepherds Cottage, 229 High Street, Princes End, Tipton, West Midlands

The Bradley family occupied the pub 1879 to 1913. James Bradley shown as a brewer in the 1891 census. Benjamin Garbett shown as a brewer in 1911. Garbett was licensee until 1932. The pub was later owned by John Seedhouse & Sons Ltd of Princes End.

For auction on 9th November 1931: "The well-known, substantially erected beer-house-on, the SHEPHERDS COTTAGE, High Street, Princes End, situate on the main road in a thickly populated district, well placed to command a large trade, with accommodation comprising Entrance Passage, Long Tap Room, Bar Smoke Room, Living Room, spacious Club Room, two Bedrooms, Pantry and Cellar together with two-floor Brewery, Wash house, Coal Place and the usual Outbuildings in spacious yard with double gateway approach, and having unbuilt upon frontage to the main road. A purchaser will be required to take to the usual trade fixtures, Brewing Plant and Effects, at a valuation to be fixed by the Auctioneers."

The pub was rebuilt in the 1930s. Closed by 2010 and demolished in 2011.