The Crown Inn is a

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in Broad Street,

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, England. Built in 1781, it was rebuilt in 1883, 1930 and 1991. It is

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. It was the

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for William Butler's brewery, a

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building that survived at the rear of The Crown until 1987. It sits alongside a

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canal and is nestled within the outline of the International Convention Centre. The

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s 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 1991 Alan Goodwin & Associates, who added a west

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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".

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