Pub Heritage Pretty Bricks
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West Midlands - Walsall
Two star - A pub interior of outstanding national historic interest
Listed Status: Not listed
5 John Street, WalsallWalsall
WS2 8AF
Tel: (01922) 612553
Email: prettybricks54bca@outlook.com
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ThePrettyBricks
Real Ale: Yes
Real Cider: Yes
Nearby Station: Walsall
Station Distance: 750m
Public Transport: Near Railway Station (Walsall) and Bus Stop
Bus: Yes
View on: Whatpub
Known locally as the Pretty Bricks because of its very attractive glazed-brick frontage, this 1840-built pub was much altered in 1924 and most of the resulting features are still there. The entrance leads into a passage (with the front bar off to the right) which opens out into a rear lobby, then a rear lounge with a new fireplace. In the centre is an irregularly-shaped servery (not quite its original layout), with good stained glass screens on the lounge side.
Originally the NEW INN, built in 1840. The pub has a very attractive glazed-brick frontage in brown and cream, hence a nickname PRETTY BRICKS which is now the pub's name. Formerly owned by Showells of Langley, who carried out alterations in 1924 (the plans are displayed inside); there have been further sympathetic minor alterations since, but most of the interior features survive. The entrance on the left leads to a passage; front bar on the right; the passage opens out into a small rear lobby, then a rear lounge with a new fireplace. In the centre is an irregularly-shaped servery (not quite its original layout), with good stained-glass screens on the lounge side.
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