The Tilted Barrel in Tipton, West Midlands, is just five miles down the road from the Crooked House pub, which was burnt down in a suspected arson attack in August this year.
The Grade-II listed property's slant is due to mining subsidence in the 1800sBritain's newly crowned 'wonkiest pub' has failed to sell at auction after its owners refurbished the venue and put it on the market for £170,000 just months after the title's former holder, the Crooked House, went up in flames.
Local residents had been campaigning to have the Crooked House listed for its protection in the weeks before the fire, which gutted the building. The remnants of the pub were then demolished without planning permission. Birmingham-based auctioneers Cottons had hoped the pub would sell for far more than its listed price, but the lot fell on deaf ears when it went under the hammer on Wednesday.
Landlady Haych, 38, who took over The Tilted Barrel in February, said she 'fell in love' with the venue, which is her first pub venture. Wreckage at the site of The Crooked Pub after the burnt-out building was demolished without permissionThe pub had a guide price of between £170,000 and £178,000READ MORE: Britain's newly crowned 'wonkiest pub' hits the market for £175,000: Grade II listed Tilted Barrel goes up for auction months after Crooked House burned down in 'arson attack' Advertisement 'It's certainly not something I'm celebrating as the Crooked House was a landmark and a...
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