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Clarendon Hotel, Temple Row/street

Dennis Williams

Dennis Williams

Gone but not forgotten
My 4G Grandfather John Clark, a Hampshire lad by birth, kept this lovely old watering hole at Temple Street/Row in 1851. Died there evidently. I would love a photograph of the old Clarendon before it was demolished in 1963, if any one has one. I am told it was originally the Globe (built circa 1819), and then nown as the Clarendon Vaults until 1830. There are fond references to it in a Thread posted in 2009 by avriljean.

https://forum.birminghamhistory.co.uk/showthread.php?t=23648&highlight=imperial+Hotel Edit, link no longer works. A new Imperial Hotel thread is here https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?threads/imperial-hotel-temple-street.48838/

And whilst in Temple Row, anyone got a photo of the old Imperial Hotel where I spent many a happy hour at the Music and Sports quizzes there in the 80s. One of the first League quiz venues in the City I think.
 
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The current building is certainly "Gothic" but I am not sure whether it is the Victorian Gothic revival of c1830-1855 or High Victorian Gothic of 1855-1885 (which would indicate a rebuild if this is indeed the site). Your info on the Globe in 1819 would suggest a rebuild at some point
 
High Victorian Gothic by date. It was handed over to Ocean Assurance in 1900. Grade II Listed. 44 Waterloo Street, architects Mansell & Mansell. Don't think it was ever a Pub Aidan. But it is a cracker nonetheless. Cheers.
 
If all else fails perhaps the Clarendon might be shown in the background of a St Philips picture. I have looked through the few I have & the artist has never been standing in quite the right position to get the result we want, but then I did not save every picture I ever saw of St Philips.
 
Like this perhaps? Just caught the edge of it. Bit crumbly, but not bad I suppose...should have been on Aidan's Back of Rackhams Thread, surely one of the best ever on this Forum?
 

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Oh, and I found this of the Imperial in the next book I looked in! Job done, thanks.
 

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Well done, Dennis. I am so pleased that you have made some progress. The glimpse of the Clarendon is intriguing. The ground floor walls are probably stucco, but the window looks later. Do share if you find a picture showing more of this building.
 
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Well done, Dennis. I am so pleased that you have made some progress. The glimpse of the Clarendon is intriguing. The ground floor walls are probably stucco, but the window looks later. Do share if you find a picture showing more of this building.
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A bit of a delay but found this full frontal of "The Clarendon" on facebook.
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Personal interest as my dad was "gaffer" there when it closed early 1960's. Don't think it was an Ansell's house by that time. Think it was a "free" house belonging to the same company that owned "The George in the Tree" on the road to Kenilworth from Stonebridge.
 
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A selection of press cuttings through time for the Globe/Clarendon Hotel/Chambers in (Upper) Temple Street. The earliest reference to the Globe that I could find dates to 1824. By 1834 it was known as the Clarendon Hotel at which time the hotel was sold due to bankruptcy. A fresh lease of life was given to the hotel in 1846, then in 1859 was 'repaired' and advertised as 'chambers'. Whether this refers to the whole building is unclear. Viv.

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Grateful if some kind soul could provide/replace the lost map in post #5. Many thanks. Viv.
 
Thanks Jim. Looks like it took up the whole corner at the Waterloo, Temple Row and Temple Street junction. Viv.
 
Certainly looks that way in the early C20 map. I don't recall it extending so far down Temple St. by the mid century. I only remember one large room the width of the Temple Row elevation with a bar along the wall opposite the windows.
 
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A bit of a delay but found this full frontal of "The Clarendon" on facebook.
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Personal interest as my dad was "gaffer" there when it closed early 1960's. Don't think it was an Ansell's house by that time. Think it was a "free" house belonging to the same company that owned "The George in the Tree" on the road to Kenilworth from Stonebridge.
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My late Grandad ran it in the 1930’s Sidney Carridine. Thanks for the picture.
 
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