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Crooked House Pub Hearth: Every Thing We All Know As Arson Probe Launched
The fireplace last Saturday utterly gutted the 18th century pub, two weeks after it was bought by brewer Marston's. The Crooked House, which had been generally identified as "Britain's wonkiest pub", was put ahead for listed standing safety just days earlier than it became rubble. Its owner applied for the building to be converted into ten flats, however was rejected. Then, just two days before Historic England was due to advocate it be granted Grade-II listed standing they ordered it demolished anyway. Ms Taylor’s husband is a shareholder and former director of Himley Environmental Ltd, which runs a landfill web…