The Crown Inn is a
public house
A pub (short for public house) is a kind of drinking establishment which is licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises. The term ''public house'' first appeared in the United Kingdom in late 17th century, and wa ...
in
Broad Street,
Birmingham
Birmingham ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands (county), West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1. ...
, England.
Built in 1781, it was rebuilt in 1883, 1930 and 1991.
It is
Grade II listed.
It was the
brewery tap
A pub (short for public house) is a kind of drinking establishment which is licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises. The term ''public house'' first appeared in the United Kingdom in late 17th century, and was ...
for
William Butler's brewery, which Victorian building survived at the rear of The Crown until 1987.
It sits alongside a
Birmingham Canal Navigations
Birmingham Canal Navigations (BCN) is a network of canals connecting Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and the eastern part of the Black Country. The BCN is connected to the rest of the English canal system at several junctions. It was owned and opera ...
canal. and is nestled within the outline of the
International Convention Centre.
The
sash windows on the first and second floors are from the 1781 building.
The architect for the 1883 work was William Jenkins, for the 1930 work, E F Reynolds, and in Alan Goodwin & Associates, who added a west façade described by the architectural critic Andy Foster as "cheap".
Since the early 2000s, it has operated as part of a chain of 1980s themed nightclubs under the name "
Reflex".
References
External links
Reflex
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Grade II listed pubs in Birmingham
Commercial buildings completed in 1781
Brewery taps