{"id":37323,"date":"2023-08-18T16:50:50","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T15:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=37323"},"modified":"2023-08-18T16:50:50","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T15:50:50","slug":"investigation-launched-into-demolition-of-britains-wonkiest-pub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=37323","title":{"rendered":"Investigation launched into demolition of \u2018Britain&#8217;s wonkiest pub\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/e\/e5\/Crooked_House_%288061973923%29.jpg\/1200px-Crooked_House_%288061973923%29.jpg?20140329192323\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-37324\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Crooked-House-Dudley-Peter-Broster-for-Commons-Wiki.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" \/><\/a>An investigation into the circumstances surrounding the demolition of the historic Crooked House pub has been launched, the local authority has said.<\/h3>\n<h6><em>image for illustration:<\/em> b<em>y Peter Broster \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=31876280\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crooked House, Dudley<\/a>\u00a0CC BY 2.0<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em>LocalGov<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n<p>The Black Country pub, the Crooked House, was demolished\u2026 after a fire gutted the 18th century building over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026 the property was sold by Marston&#8217;s to a private buyer in March.<\/p>\n<p>A site visit\u2026 led to a programme of works being agreed with the landowner\u2019s representative to ensure the structure was safe\u2026..<\/p>\n<p>\u2026 the investigation concluded that the building did not need to be demolished.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, council leader Cllr Roger Lees said that the destruction of the historic building was \u2018completely unacceptable and contrary to instructions provided by our officers.\u2019\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We have referred these matters to our legal team\u2026\u2019<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.localgov.co.uk\/Investigation-launched-into-demolition-of-Britains-wonkiest-pub-\/57706\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An investigation into the circumstances surrounding the demolition of the historic Crooked House pub has been launched, the local authority has said. image for illustration: by Peter Broster \u2013\u00a0Crooked House, Dudley\u00a0CC BY 2.0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37323"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37325,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37323\/revisions\/37325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}