Butler's Crown Brewery Ltd: Difference between revisions

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The former Crown pub

William Butler was born in Hinckley, Leicestershire in 1843. This blue plaque is displayed on the Greyhound Inn, New Buildings, Hinckley.

Butler's Crown Brewery Ltd, Crown Brewery, 36/37 Broad Street, Birmingham, West Midlands

Built 1880s by William Butler at rear of pub.

Registered January 1895.

Oddly, Whitbread & Co. Ltd listed here 1921.

The building survived almost into the C21 before falling to the city centre redevelopment.

Views of the brewery

Windows

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 [[File:Butlers Crown Birm tap.jpg|thumb||The former Crown pub]]
 [[File:LeicsHinckleyWmButlerPlaque02_SP_Sep17.jpg|thumb|William Butler was born in Hinckley, Leicestershire in 1843. This blue plaque is displayed on the Greyhound Inn, New Buildings, Hinckley.]]
+<big>'''Butler's Crown Brewery Ltd''', ''Crown Brewery, 36/37 Broad Street, Birmingham, West Midlands''</big>
+Built 1880s by William Butler at rear of pub.
+Registered January 1895.
-<big>'''Butler's Crown Brewery Ltd''', ''Crown Brewery, 36/37 Broad Street, Birmingham, West Midlands''</big>
+Merged with [[Henry Mitchell & Co. Ltd]]. with 130 houses in 1898 to form [[Mitchells & Butlers Ltd]].
-Registered in January 1895. Merged with [[Henry Mitchell & Co. Ltd]] with 130 houses in 1898 to form [[Mitchells & Butlers Ltd]].
+Oddly, [[Whitbread & Co. Ltd]] listed here 1921.
-Following the closure of the brewery, the Old Crown pub on Broad Street continues to trade; recently it has been called 'Reflex'.
+The building survived almost into the C21 before falling to the city centre redevelopment.