Crooked House: Owners of 'Britain's wonkiest pub' ordered to rebuild it after 'unlawful demolition'

Owners of Crooked House, known as "Britain's wonkiest pub" have been ordered to rebuild it after it was destroyed last year.

The Crooked House pub, in Himley near Dudley, burned down on 5 August just two weeks after it was sold to new owners. Three men, aged 33, 51, and 66, have since been arrested and bailed.

"An enforcement notice has been issued against the owners for its unlawful demolition," Andy Street, the mayor of the West Midlands, said.

"They have been ordered to rebuild the pub back to what it was before the fire - just as we've been lobbying for."

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