Hen and Chickens Hotel New Street

[Dennis Williams]

Couple of photos of old New Street......puzzled me a bit...two questions...

Is that road on the left where Stephenson Place is now? (No Tommy Attwood Statue)....
What is the name of the Hotel? with the ornate staue carvings over the Pillars...?

Cheers

 

[mikejee]

No. Surely that is High St. The hotel is the swan, and to the right of the Swan is King Edwards School. See roofline on card below

 

[devonjim]

No. Surely that is High St. The hotel is the swan, and to the right of the Swan is King Edwards School. See roofline on card below

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Could it be Worcester Street?

 

[mikejee]

Yes Jim You are right It ios worcester St. The hotel depends on the date, as before it was the Swan it was the Hen & chickens

 

[BrummieGeoff]

Dennis : I think the "hotel" building you're referring to is in fact the New Street branch of the Joint Stock Bank .... picture attached.

 

[Dennis Williams]

Sorry Brummie Geof...but it is the Hen and Chickens Hotel in New Street...here's some pics and gumpf to confirm...

 

[Dennis Williams]

Sorry again Brummiegeoff...THAT building is the Joint Stock Bank....I was concentrating on the one next to it....the Hotel pictured so nicely in older prints...!