Step Inside the Gravity-Defying Crooked House Pub - A Mind-Bending Experience.
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- Since this video was made in April 2023 'The Crooked House' pub has suffered a terrible fate. In the space of four months it has been sold, broken into and vandalised.
Then, in early August, a devastating fire ripped through it leaving it a burnt out shell.
Then it was demolished.
RIP Crooked House. 1765 - 2023. You will be sorely missed.
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RIP Crooked House☹. 1765 - 2023. You will be sorely missed.
A follow-up video has been made. If you wish to view it on TH-cam please click here th-cam.com/video/Atj6J0Wwj2o/w-d-xo.html
Rest In Peace Crooked House, a wonderful nationL treasure, may justice be served & every person who took part in its destruction be sent to prison for a long time.
ATE Farms Ltd is controlled by Carly Taylor, 34, who is reportedly married to Adam, 44 - the latter a shareholder of Himley Environmental Ltd which operates a landfill next to the Crooked House site
@@EmuGamesMaster interesting
I've something interesting also.. Look up a documentary called into the light, it definitely wake people up
@@EmuGamesMaster!!!!!! OMG !!!!!! They better pay for this that pub must of been graded at the very least 2
@@domunicasless than a few weeks ago
@@domunicasexactly, we all know the truth to what happened here. They even blocked off access to the lane from the fire brigade. They had to use 1000 meters of hose to reach it.
It was great to see how it looked inside, but very strange how it burnt down and then destroyed without anyone's permission, but oddly it had be sold, how fortunate for them!!!
The iron rods must been very strong to keep all that heavy brick work up
Was that a ghostly voice @ 7.10 it sounded like "Here" ....great content and presentation, loving your vid's thank you so much
Oh wow!!! I've just watched that section and you're right - a ghostly voice! That sent a shiver down my spine!Good spot Julie, Tez. (And thank you for your kind words, very appreciated.)
I came here just to mention this too!
I hope the "developer" is forced by law to rebuild it brick-by-brick.
But will it be rebuilt crooked??
@@ktang001: I did wonder. Yes!
Exactly 😢
That's not going to happen 😂🤣😂
It sadly will never be rebuilt as it was. A replica just would not be the tourist draw that this wonderful original was. Looking at it from Google Earth, if this pub hadn't been on the wonk, it would not have been busy with the customers it had due to its location.
That fella and his wife who bought the pub, putting it in her name, fully intended to destroy it. Why else would they close it down 2 weeks after buying it, during the tourist season? I read the road had been blocked off with mounds of earth leaving it incredibly difficult for emergency vehicles to get through. Adam Taylor, the one with the face like a melted welly owns the rubbish dump or whatever it is next door; Something or other 'environmental' which he has made a LOT of money from. He owns another pub not far away which he bought and started stripping out until he was ordered to stop and now that remains just a shell. He had wanted to turn it into flats. I can't imagine his thoughts for this pub but both Adam (melted welly face) and his very bland wife Carly have lots of questions to answer, one being why did they hire the demolition machine before the fire?
I've been in the Crooked House a couple of times, the last time for a friend's stag do. It was a lovely pub, and it's destruction is a crime, literally a criminal act and a crime against the people of the West Midlands who genuinely loved the place
Sadly the brewery sold this pub. Within two weeks there was a bad fire and before the investigation into the arson attack the building was demolished.
An absolute tragedy.
Thanks Paul. Awful 😣
Disgusting. All for money.
Both sound more than tragic, it sounds like arson and destruction of evidence, wow they covered all corners, can't wait to see em up in court this was a massive crime for sure
Its pretty obvious what has happened it got in someones way
@@alanfrost4661 _The property developers were of South-East Asian origin. This is occurring more and more, both in the UK and as far away as Australia. The same culprits in whatever country - money comes first._
The recent fire and destruction of this historic landmark is incredibly sad. It really is very fishy that it was sold, piles of dirt appeared on the approach road and a fire started; which gutted the building and all in a matter of weeks. It has now been demolished completely by the new owners. Why wasn't it a listed building which would have given it protection? It reminds me of The Railway Pub, in Wealdstone (NW London) where the Who and many other iconic 1960s bands played. It caught fire one night and hey presto, block of flats were erected in no time by developers.
Actually, it's been a bit of a scam that's been around since 2015. The most known case is the Carlton Tavern in Maida Vale where in 2015, before it was listed under Historic England, it got demolished since the developers wanted to build a block of flats there. The only problem was the locals never let up and Westminister Council took the developers to court and it ended up with a verdict of an illegal demolition but also the developers had to put it back *brick by brick* The developers appealed, likely advising not possible since no sources to rebuild it brick by brick, except Historic England documented the layout already so they could. Hopefully, the precedent stands since the Carlton Tavern was 100 years old - the Crooked House is 200 years old so they should be forced to bring it back brick by brick.
Your video is now part of history. After a huge fire it was destroyed and completely demolished. 😢
*It was insured first, no doubt.*
Do you know why it was broadcasted all over the news? It might sound crazy, but as I heard year ago that UK will fall apart in future. And they showed to public predictive programming, UK most heritage place called Crooked house, reference to Parliament fall apart. I have UK resident which I lost, and had to remake it, and suddenly they changed expiry date from 2028 to 31 of December 2024. Which is very strange date for expiry day. Last day of year.
It was said that the demolition machine was booked before the fire happened.... And the fire brigade were hampered by a mound of soil dumped which blocked the access road....
The pub that stood for 250 years.
The pub that's served generations millions of beers.
The pub a marble rolls the wrong way up a table.
The pub you look up to see no matching gable.
The pub that lived at Coppice Mill.
The pub where coins rolled up a hill.
The pub with the locals banks' beer.
The pub with the slightly won-key chandelier.
The pub who's walls made people titter, The pub for the locals that loved local bitter.
The pub with the straight grandfather clock.
The pub has new owners, to which the locals tell, to fuck off.
The pub the bricks should rise from the ashes.
The pub that deserves to be given back to the masses.
The pub we call the crooked house.
That pub needs to rise again, without a doubt.
Wow!!!! What an amazing poem ❤
As a fellow poet, if only you didn't undermine that with a swear, you were doing so well (/°•°)\
That's just bloody brilliant!
@@finjay21fj I’m not a poet, but i think I summed up the locals attitudes quite well with that word!
Probably the most well known pub in the UK and some scumbag developer buys it and it miraculously burns down after the drive was blocked ( almost as if to stop Fire Engine access ) The main brickwork was still standing and amid discussions on rebuilding it the demolition crew quickly moved in to finish the job. As it was a set to become a listed building somebody should be going to Jail but we all know that won't happen.
As a minimum, any planning permissions should never be granted
No planning permissions were granted; the likelihood - based on what I have read - it was too much to maintain for the new owners and they wanted to redevelop the site but development can't happen when a grade 2 building that would likely be listed by Historic England on site so, under great timing, the place had an accident.
This is a place you have to see to believe it was brilliant my family or friends will never forget it .... ever!! A really wierd experience but we loved it....RIP Crooked House you lasted this long and beat the odds but theres always a nutter somewhere....I really hope they make them pay for this.....This pub brought soo much pleasure and awe......it was sooo special....
As a proud black country mon it was a rite of passage that you visited this place....what happened here is criminal and whoever did it need stringing up by the balls!!!
This is certainly a fitting memorial to the pub, which has now been reduced to an empty shell following a devastating fire last week (coincidentally, just over a week after its sale to someone who wanted to use it for "other purposes", and a few days after the access drive was blocked by a large heap of soil, impeding firefighters' access).
Thank you very much for your comment. Tez
i live local to the place and everyone even the firecrews said it was torched some dodgy folks out there it happen in walsall as well a mill that developers couldnt pull down then a few weeks later it was burnt to the ground ,,the oldest pub in walsall from the 1450s was bulldozed on a bank holiday around 12yrs ago a mistake the contractors said
@@karlkuttup
The property developers were of South-East Asian origin. This is occurring more and more, both in the UK and as far away as Australia. The same culprits in whatever country - money comes first.
@@alexnelson9512 why don't you delete these comments as they are not true?
8:05 This is so very sad. The building was sold, mysteriously caught fire, and before the fire could even be investigated it was reduced to rubble, by the new owners, within 2 days. It's gone. 😢
The property developers were of South-East Asian origin. This is occurring more and more, both in the UK and as far away as Australia. The same culprits in whatever country - money comes first.
I SMELL A FISH A RAT AND CROOKED dealing..
@@alexnelson9512Look up ATE Farms LTD.
@alexnelson9512 completely wrong 🤦♀️🤷🏻♀️
The only way to "redo" a protected building is if it happens be destroyed. New owners destroyed it.
Bought by a shady developer, roadblocked by shady developer, set on fire by shady developer on same night a band called gasoline and matches were due to have a gig there....
shady developer will get off scot free because they'll have a premeditated alibi and council won't give a damn because whether it be flats or a landfill they will reap in a lot more profit than if it was just the pub and so will the shady developer.
it's so obvious this was preorchestrated by the shady developer.
Gone now just a burnt out shell, as of the night of August 5th 2023 , RIP crooked house
ATE Farms Ltd is controlled by Carly Taylor, 34, who is reportedly married to Adam, 44 - the latter a shareholder of Himley Environmental Ltd which operates a landfill next to the Crooked House site. They are the people responsible for the purchase and destruction of the pub.
May they rot in Hell!
They locals have been up in arms over this. Having been to the pub myself numerous times, it kinda hurts. Its an historic one off pub. They will get there punishments hopefully. Hopefully the greedy bstards will get a massive fine and lose loads of money over it.
I expect this vid is going to see a lot of traffic in the coming days. A look back on a place that no one else will be able to experience again even if they rebuild it. Really is true that flaws add character. RIP Crooked House.
One for the archives already - the pub suffered a major fire and the new owners reduced what was left to rubble to clear the site - basically nothing but dust left there now :(
Sadly, it was recently sold to a *non English named buyer.* Locals tried to get it recognised as historical, (over400yrs old) but within days of the *notice* to the purchaser, on Thursday 03/08/23 (I believe) the end of the lane was blocked by tons of of earth then it was torched the following night, Fire brigade couldn’t reach it in time due to the earth blockade! Police had earmarked it for forensic analysis & the *new owner* sent in the wrecking crew (SUNDAY 06/08/23) & flattened the whole thing, (probably hoping to remove evidence of arson) Today, the dogs went in anyway & it’s looking like arson, Council has got involved due to it being demolished without paperwork. But then, much like empty pubs purchased in London suffer by the same type of foreigners, just so they can build flats etc😢
Don't talk out of your ass. It was bought by Carly Taylor and Adam Taylor.
Wasn't it sold to the neighbouring recycling plant ATE farms owned by a Carly Taylor and her Husband Adam?
@@KarenaDashfield Well, since writing about this travesty, these & other names have come up. (It’s all down to who writes what in the news) Tbh I haven’t followed it up. What I have heard, is that it’s got to be rebuilt using the original bricks etc, but seems a lot have disappeared due to ‘fans’
Tragic that it was conveniently subject to arson & then demolished faster than was prudent. I hope they make the buyers rebuild it as it was. There are far too many of these suspicious fires on buildings that possibly can’t get the planning that the owners or new buyers want.
Well it’s such a shame this Pub is no more 😢glad you made this its brilliant. You have kept it for all to see who never made it there, hope you enjoyed the Beer.😎
Thanks Sue ☹️. The beer was (of course) lovely 😊. Tez
Lived near there for most of my life. Just a 20 min walk away. Would love to hear shout out the village of Gornal!!
Must of need some sort of re in forced foundations,Never seen nothing like it before,Very wonky Pub,Allways really known buildings to be built level from the ground,Seen the News,It went up in high flames,Bet the new owner rather P**** of right now
all them walls leaning rather forward,Its re in forced foundations,How do all these wonky walls managed to stay up all these years,Ive worked on Building sites before,Any walls normall leans forward end up falling down,If dont fall straight away,It be a matter of time,The walls start to have cracks in them,Matter of months to a few years,Be a time when walls give away,Thats when the building will start to collapse,Eather way,Done well for the last few hundred odd years
So sad its gone..i say its funnier than the Italian tower, because its a pub, after a few drinks, some may find it perfectly straight & normal.
Oh Terrible news about this amazing place Sadly it has been burned to the ground. Apparently property developers bought the land but there was a fire there very recently which gutted it and because there was some debris left in the lane leading upto it the fire service could not get through in time. Then someone came along and bulldozed it to the ground. Shocking disturbing and very sad.
Such sadness 😔 to know this was destroyed by fire just yesterday 😢. At least I can say I have been there and I rolled the same marble up that ledge, however my kids (4th generation on from those originally in Dudley) won't ever now 😢
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Sadly, this pub is no longer standing. It was sold to a private buyer and a few days later it burned to the ground. My first guess would be two words that begin with a capital I and S, but what do I know... I'm truly saddened to know that I will never get a chance to see the old girl in person. The remaining structure will be demolished and probably flats built on the site. But again, I'm only speculating.
In Ayrshire there is a road called the "Electric Brae". People stop and let the handbrake of their vehicle off and ot "rolls" uphill!
Black country builders can rebuild this place in it's original condition without seeing the plans !
Just an update..... last night Saturday 6th of August 2023 this place was quite conveniently burnt to the ground 🤬🤬 just after it had been sold 🤬🤬
Thanks for commenting … horrible news ☹️. Tez
Absolutely awful news is that the crooked house has burned down yesterday. Possible arson, absolutely gutted!
This video might now be all that most people will ever see of an amazing, historic building. I wonder what corruption lies behind its _(wilful?)_ demise.
This has now become a historical document. 😢
I think that’s probably true. Thanks very much for watching, Tez
He talks about the abandoned road as he walks it. At 2:24 something red flies right to left. Also there is a spooky voice later in the pub. Haunted site?
Hi Kenny, thanks so much for commenting. I have just looked at time stamp 2.24. I think that one has an earthly explanation … it’s literally one frame of a car disappearing up the lane. I did occasionally have to stop talking to allow cars to pass (they would have been pub customers). So the red ‘thing’ is a car that the camera has caught just as it disappears from view. Your comment has also prompted me to listen again to the spooky voice … it’s at 7.14 and woah … it gives me goose bumps 😮. Tez
It has always had an eerie feeling when I drive past. I went in once when I was young, always remembered the clock! All those years and people gone by must leave some presence.
These developers have wrecked part of the UK heritage...They should be forced to rebuild it
the bastards have just burnt it down it was arsen
It was sold by the brewery and then shortly after burnt down. As of the 9/8/23 the police and fire service are investigating and are saying accelerants could have been used. The owners quickly demolished it apparently for safety reasons so it should be interested what now happens.
I would have loved to visit it... R.I.P.
Needs to be rebuilt brick by brick
I'm pleased you did this video as it burnt 🔥🚒 down this morning.😮
Very sad news 🙁
Thank you very much. I'm drunk now just by watching this. Cheers!!
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This is the second time iv watched this now, I really wanted to see this place one day soon and now its gone 😢 a lot of brits are so angered by what happened to it, i really hope someone is held accountable, and are made to rebuild it warts and all with the materials it was built with repairing all the broken parts 😢😢
It’s horrible Victoria and what a shame you can’t visit now ☹️. Even if it were to be rebuilt it just wouldn’t be the same … awful 😣. Tez
We can see how it's built and the dimensions from all the films and photographs over the years. It can be rebuilt with enough public support.!!!!
I lived in an old house that had sunken in one side. These same issues with walls and the floors being uneven. Not nearly to this extreme degree, but it did still make you walk funny and you'd feel like you'd lose your balance. We had put pylons under to help lessen the lean. The new house leans too. It's our region and the water table being so high.
It's just been fucking torched, what a waste!
Terrible ☹️
I went for a hike in Utah and I walked up a circular path, and beside me the water was all flowing UPHILL and this was for maybe a mile. The thing was, I was fighting to go uphill the whole time and on the way down I was going super fast and had to hold back to keep from slamming forward. I still can't believe it was mere optical illusion, it was like being in an MC escher.
Sadly it was just destroyed by fire..😢😢😢😢😢
We had our wedding there in 2019,just before covid arrived, what's happened here is just pure vandalism, is it arson ???? Does the Pope have a balcony !!!!
Unfortunately it burned down today
Please upload the unedited rushes for historical reasons.
It's been destroyed in a fire. Sad times.
I’m just getting angrier and angrier…….it was beautiful and full of character. Great video you e documented lost history
This video and others like it are now sadly the only reminders we have of The Crooked House (The Glynne Arms) as the new developers who bought it, set fire to it and then bulldozed the burned-out shell into a pile of rubble. So 10th August 2023 time of typing this, the pub is no more.
There should be a new type of crime penned for things like this. I'd dub it "Cultural Treason". An act of deliberate destruction of a cultural or patrimonial asset, regardless of ownership.
Just another version of the Mystery Spot in the U.P. of Michigan.
Ohhh has anyone heard the news it has sadly burtn down and has been demolished
Yes sadly ☹️. Tez
Its gone now. Sold, burnt down demolished all in a few days (July 2023) very suspicious indeed.
After 4or5 pints it probably all seems normal. lol. Great fun video. thanks.
Such a shame its now been burnt down 😐
Unfortunately we have lost this magnificent piece of black country history forever, so I'm thankful that this video exists.
I watched this vid and travelled 150 miles to have a pint. The pub had shut down, when i got there.. Little did i know it was going to be burnt down 2 months later. At least i got to look through the window:(((
What a shame Michael ! ☹️
People won't be coming from all over the world to see this building anymore, but I think we can arrange a public execution, hey?
I 1st visited it in 1993 after moving to the Midlands from NE of Manchester
It just freeked me out with its crooked angles
I found myself standing on a lean even to pee in the loo
It was a fascinating place , literally sober people losing their balance at the entrance / exit
Gutted its been destroyed
Instead of rebuilding the owners should be made to pay the rebuild costs…. The funds given to the local community who have had their heritage destroyed…. The site should be used to form a memorial garden and the surrounding area protected. From any redevelopment.
Remember no one is above the law..this is what makes us the greatest in the world who else would be proud of something broken.. I hope justice will be done and rebuild it brick by wonky brick if any thing deserves a go fund me page this does... I find it really sad and I don't even drink..
History should be respected. It’s literally a vital aspect for society to progress. Deleting or changing history will ruin it all for everyone.
This hasn’t aged well… such a shame
How rotten we have lost this! What on earth has happened to GB? All about the millionaires and billionaires now. Banks make good beer and should have held on to this pub!!
Strange how some places that get sold and are up for “development “ suddenly have a mysterious fire.
Not only did it mysteriously catch fire, the lane leading to it was mysteriously blocked by a huge pile of mysterious earth that some mystery person had deliberately left there. This had the mysterious effect of blocking the fire engine from responding to the mysterious fire.
Hmmmmmm
I wonder what happened
Hmmm,🤔 maybe ATE Farms LTD. know something.
Nice to see my local pub on TH-cam 😂 and yes i managed to get myself kicked out of there when i was young because i was in my work clothes and i was driving a site dump truck to which i parked next to a Rolls-Royce and two Bentleys but this was in 1984 😂😂
Brilliant 🤣. And so nice to get a comment from a local!! Thank you. Tez
I'm so happy that they have just ordered the owners to rebuild it exactly how it was
But, in a different location.
Rest in Peace Crooked House; and now Raise in Power
Absolutely heartbreaking just rubble know it stinks I hope the police find ou wot really happened sold to weeks ago then the fire then the shell was demolished against local council told new owners too leave it
Thank you for making this video. I really wanted to visit it with the family but just read the devastating news 😢
I webt to this ooace innthe 70s when i was first okd enoigh to go to pubs. I cant believe it was demolished in such a cavlier way 😥
Make those villains pay by having them pay for it to be re-built, let's see justice be carried out to the letter.
The new owners should be ashamed of themselves, but the original owners should of done some ground work before selling it too people that had only one thing in mind 🔥
You wont be able to go there anymore now. It burnt down last night 😢
I woke up to the news this morning ☹️. Thanks for commenting Laura. Tez
It is such a travesty that it has now been demolished and no-one can see this extraordinary ENGLISH PUB ever again. I am so glad there are so many videos of what it was like !!!!!!
Tragedy hope the new development the new owners wanted get burned down too!! over and over again!!
This building was as unique and important as the leaning tower of pizza,it should have been guarded at night while it was vacant,let's hope they rebuild it or the black country museum step in to save it
Definitely! Tez
I don't reckon it'll ever be rebuilt. There's probably already been too much slipped into back pockets to ensure that!!!
@@InverhavonRailways disgusting,soon their will be no English heritage left
how can you build a load of rubble
Shame it went up in smoke but i see they have been told they need to rebuild it
RIP😢😢😢😢
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Much love to all the locals, thinking of you from Pompey, Hampshire. We've lost 80% of our pubs from what we had pre WW2. We are the birthplace of the navy & had a pub on practically every corner to quench our Matlows thirst. Now all our old banks are being taken over by wetherspoon's. RIP to the British boozer 😔
😣. Thanks for watching, Tez 😊
it was a wonderful national treasure, rest in peace another piece of old England forever gone, as I think about the England of the past I weep for the England of the future 😢😭
Send them to jail. Make them rebuild it 😡😡😡
This is an excellent and informative vlog. Well presented. I brought my late ex wife here on our first wedding anniversary. It was a totally unique and outstanding building. Now that is no more, this vlog takes on a whole new significance. Unfortunately, if the pub was frequented and visited by more people, it needn't have been sold. Therefore, it would still be there. RIP 😢
Thanks for commenting Trevor. It’s such a Shame. Tez 😊
READ THIS ---- I have found a video with what sounds like the ladies voice that appears in your video , the channel is called SOLID GOLD HITS and there video of CROOKED HOUSE PUB DUDLEY , its an interview with the landlady during the early 1960's and the landlady in question sounds just like the voice in your video. Sadly the pub has burned down now
Thanks and I will definitely watch!! Tez
Gone now aint it. Shows just how much contempt our new guests have for thier host country!
I’ve just had a look at your channel - thoroughly enjoyed ‘fuel pump part 2’!! You’re living the dream out there mate! Keep going with the channel, it’s a winner. I look forward to watching more. Tez
sadly just rubble now
Did anyone else notice the ghostly whisper at 7.15? It’s inaudible but definitely a woman’s whisper
There’s an update on it here if you’d like to watch Kathy. Tez 😊th-cam.com/video/Atj6J0Wwj2o/w-d-xo.html
So mining disturbed the ground on the the one side and the sinking began. The owners and the town should have forced the mining company to pony up funds to address these issues or, move the house early on! In 1999, I attended the moving of the Cape Hatters Light station in Burton, N.C., USA. The 1870, iconic, brick, 4800 ton behemoth lighthouse, just shy of 200’ tall, was nearly been swallowed by the Atlantic Ocean. It was jacked up, steel beams and cribbing, installed under it, then set on rollers, it moved appx. 2” ever hour. It took 23 days to move it 2900’, inland. The moving crew allowed us teenagers to crawl under it during the process. Man has long been able to rescue and or move huge structures, it’s a shame the crooked house didn’t get rescued in time, by now the house, as evidenced by the interior buckling is possibly to unstable to move. At least they added steel beams and buttresses to stop its lean, it should be leaning for folks to enjoy, for a long time coming.
If only … the brewery has just sold it 🫣. It’s not going to be open as a pub again very sadly. Thanks for your great comment. Tez.
its now scene of cultural and planning crime
Good luck rebuilding this
did anyone here the female ghost at 7:13
Who says it was a ghost sounded like a customer in the background saying "Hiya"