The Crown Inn, Birmingham
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Type | Public house |
Address | Broad Street |
Town or city | Birmingham |
Country | England |
Coordinates | 52°28′42″N 1°54′38″W / 52.4782216°N 1.9106478°WCoordinates: 52°28′42″N 1°54′38″W / 52.4782216°N 1.9106478°W |
Completed | 1781 |
The Crown Inn is a public house in Broad Street, Birmingham, England.[1] Built in 1781, it was rebuilt in 1883, 1930 and 1991.[1] It is Grade II listed.[2]
It was the brewery tap for 's brewery, which Victorian building survived at the rear of The Crown until 1987.[1]
It sits alongside a Birmingham Canal Navigations 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.[1] 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".[1]
Since the early 2000s, it has operated as part of a chain of 1980s themed nightclubs under the name "Reflex".
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