BREWTIFUL SIGHT
Britain’s NEW wonkiest pub is revealed after The Crooked House was burnt down and demolished as arson probe continues
BRITAIN'S new wonkiest pub has been revealed days after The Crooked House burnt down.
The Tilted Barrel in the West Midlands has claimed the title for its crooked doors and uneven bar.
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The pub in Tipton stands on a slant and boasts wonky premises due to mining subsidence.
The 200-year-old building was left with a quirky quality after it dropped through from being built on a mine.
Owner Haych Mann took over The Tilted Barrel in February with the hopes of becoming the next local attraction.
Ms Mann, 38, said: "I just fell in love with the place.
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"It was a bit run down when I took it over, I couldn't believe people were drinking in here in the state it was in but at the same time I thought it was brilliant."
The landlady spent months fixing the run-down interior- which has off-kilter doors and tilted floors.
But the list of building problems goes on.
Pool and dart games are almost impossible to play- as balls roll up instead of down and darts never hit the board.
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The owner explained: "Our darts team hardly lose. They know how to play on the slant but when other teams play it can really throw players off."
Despite its unusual state, locals love it and claim they're used to it.
Pub regular Carl Falconer, 46, said: "It's a great pub. It's very family orientated and everybody knows everybody. I'm used to its wonkiness now.
"But I imagine anyone who walks in there for the first time will think 'wow this is crazy'."
Unlike the previous title holder, the 200-year-old has a Grade II - which provides the building with extra control.
Ms Mann said: "It's a bitter sweet moment to know we might be Britain's wonkiest pub now.
"Most of our regulars drank in the Crooked House too. I'm a local girl so I knew the pub well and we have lost an iconic pub in the Crooked House."
Haych claimed losing the Crooked House has been a local loss and the pub was a "landmark" and a piece of "Black Country history".
"I'm both sad and proud at the same time to learn we might now have that title," she added.
It is just five miles away from the now destroyed Crooked House - whose arson investigation is still ongoing.
The old Britain's wonkiest boozer, in Himley, Staffordshire, was destroyed in a devastating fire on August 5.
But it has recently revealed the site in Himley, Staffordshire, could be rebuild after Historic England said it is "considering all possible avenues" over its future.
Historic England says it has received 36 applications for the Crooked House, though no final decision on its future has yet been made.
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Restoration experts claimed it could take three years and up to £3million to rebuild the pub.
Danny Bennett, director of Walsall-based Farcroft Restorations, says restorations of pubs in a similar position to the Crooked House have taken place successfully across the UK.
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