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The owners of 'Britain's wonkiest pub', which was destroyed in a fire last summer before being demolished, have agreed to a council order to rebuild it - but want to so in a new location, according to planning documents.
Local residents were outraged when Crooked House, an 18th-Century boozer in the Black Country village of Himley, near Dudley, West Midlands, was destroyed in a suspected arson attack in August, before being flattened without permission two days later.
The iconic building, which dates back to 1735, was a well-known tourist attraction due to the mining subsidence which had caused one side of the building to be approximately 4ft (1.2 m) lower than the other.
In February, South Staffordshire Council served an enforcement notice ordering owners ATE Farms to rebuild the iconic pub following its 'unlawful demolition' and restore it to the state it was in before the devastating fire that destroyed it - including sloping walls and floors.
However, the owners appealed the notice and a planning inspector has now been appointed to decide the appeal, which will be heard in July.
The owners of the Crooked House, dubbed 'Britain's wonkiest pub', which was destroyed in a fire last summer before being demolished, have agreed to rebuild it - but want to so in a new location, according to planning documents
An aerial view of the Crooked House pub in Himley, near Dudley, West Midlands, shows the ruins of the historic building, which dates back to 1735
A document submitted on the owner's behalf reveals their intention to rebuild the pub on another piece of land they own, along with other developments to 'increase footfall'.
It states: 'The appellant has not refused to rebuild the building and has actively engaged with the council regarding this.
'Requiring a re-build in the same location, whilst reflective of popular opinion, will not change the fact that the building in that location is not viable as a public house.
Local residents were outraged when Crooked House, an 18th-century boozer in the Black Country village of Himley, near Dudley, West Midlands, was destroyed in a suspected arson attack in August, before being flattened without permission two days later
'For this reason, the appellant has put forward a sustainable, and what it sees as a genuine and practical solution to the issue, to the council that it rebuild the building on other land that it owns, to operate as a public house, with other development to increase footfall and give the pub and the building a real chance of success as a community asset.
READ MORE: Britain's wonkiest pub will be rebuilt (and it must still be wonky): Owners of historic 18th Century Crooked House that was 'unlawfully' demolished after arson attack are told to rebuild it with sloping floors and wallsAdvertisement'The proposal locates a newly-constructed Crooked House pub along with appropriate parking and landscaping further north off Crooked House Lane and as near to the highway junction with the Himley Road as would allow.'
The document also reveals the reasons the owners claim the former pub had to be fully demolished after council officers agreed only to the removal of three elements of the building in order to make it safe.
It says after council officers left the site there were further issues and 'it had not been foreseen that removal of the three elements instructed would render the remainder of the building unsafe'.
The document says: 'Removal of the upper sections of the building took with it the steel tie ins which rendered the remaining structure, in the contractors opinion, completely unsafe and at a high (and unacceptable risk) of collapse.
'The council officers had left the land and a quick decision had to be made.
'The situation on the land was such that, due to the amount of media attention and public attendance, a decision had to be taken quickly as to the immediate safety of the building.
The iconic building, which dates back to 1735, was changed from a farmhouse to a pub in 1830 and was famous for its wonky appearance
The popular pub was famed for being the place where coins and marbles seemingly rolled uphill along the bar
'A decision was made with reference to the director of the appellant that in order to abate the risk, the mainstay of the remaining structure needed to be taken down.
'It was considered that there was a high risk of the building collapsing and causing serious injury or a fatality on the land given the entry on to the land by large numbers of people some of whom were conducting vigils and others removing bricks and other items as memorabilia/ for sale.'
There are is also plans to build an education centre in the area which would link to local history and would partly include retirement lodges set within the existing woodland.
It adds: 'In this regard, the appellant is in the process of preparing a detailed pre-application to be put to the council (and neighbouring authorities).'
The demolition of the famous pub sparked a huge uprising by campaigners calling for it to be rebuilt 'brick by brick'.
The appeal documents reveal a proposal to relocate the historic pub and also sets out the owners' reasons as to why the original site was demolished without permission
A Facebook page called Save the Crooked House (Let's Get it Rebuilt) has more than 37,000 members.
Staffordshire Police, which is treating the blaze at the Crooked House as arson, has also made six arrests in connection with the incident.
The iconic building, which dates back to 1735, was changed from a farmhouse to a pub in 1830 and was famous for its wonky appearance.
With one side of the building approximately 4ft lower than the other, it was famed for being the place where coins and marbles seemingly rolled uphill along the bar.
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