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In the 1700’s in the days of Queen Anne at Edgbaston their stood a small wayside inn called The Plough & Harrow were travellers could stop and stable their horses for the night, in those days it had a reputation of being haunted not by one ghost but a few ranging from beautiful girls to bent old men.
The old Plough & Harrow was demolished in 1832 and a new one erected and at the back of the building there were traces of the old pub and efforts were made to preserve the old brickwork as well as the stable block. It became a favourite of Joseph Chamberlain who used the hotel as a meeting place as well as Cardinal (John Henry) Newman who use to arrange his lunches there for guests (one was that great writer Hilaire Belloc who was educated at the Oratory School at Edgbaston) who visited his Oratory House which he built about 1870 on the slopes of the Rednal Hills
Many changes occurred at the Plough & Harrow over its years and it was redecorated and re-branded many times and by the 1950’s it boasted one of the finest cocktail bars and restaurants in the Midlands with modern up-to-date accommodation offering even private garaging so I wonder if the old ruins have gone?
Pics show Plough & Harrow,Cocktail Bar, Lounge, Bedroom
The old Plough & Harrow was demolished in 1832 and a new one erected and at the back of the building there were traces of the old pub and efforts were made to preserve the old brickwork as well as the stable block. It became a favourite of Joseph Chamberlain who used the hotel as a meeting place as well as Cardinal (John Henry) Newman who use to arrange his lunches there for guests (one was that great writer Hilaire Belloc who was educated at the Oratory School at Edgbaston) who visited his Oratory House which he built about 1870 on the slopes of the Rednal Hills
Many changes occurred at the Plough & Harrow over its years and it was redecorated and re-branded many times and by the 1950’s it boasted one of the finest cocktail bars and restaurants in the Midlands with modern up-to-date accommodation offering even private garaging so I wonder if the old ruins have gone?
Pics show Plough & Harrow,Cocktail Bar, Lounge, Bedroom
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