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This
typical 'Black Country' pub was built as a farmhouse in 1765
and is one of the country's best public house attractions - as
a pub that really is crooked. It was originally known as 'The
Glynne Arms' as it was named after Sir Stephen Glynne on whose
estate the pub stood. The pub is now 4ft lower on one side than
on the other due to subsidence from the effects of coal mining
during the 1800's, and is heavily supported with buttresses and
girders. The amazing angle that the pub sits at has to be seen
to be believed. In fact The Crooked House is one huge optical
illusion where curtains hang away from the window frames, marbles
roll uphill on the wall beading, and drinks slide slowly 'up
table'. It is also allegedly haunted. |
