Wonky 18th century pub, The Crooked House, mysteriously burns to the ground after new owners take over

[two sheds]

I thought I read that going bankrupt wouldn't help them.

 

[Magnus McGinty]

I thought I read that going bankrupt wouldn't help them.

Well it wouldn’t cost them more. But wouldn’t help them either.

 

[Wilf]

I somehow doubt they'll end up in either penury or prison. Same time, any shit that lands on their woeful lives is to the good.

 

[Magnus McGinty]

Apparently they've agreed to rebuild it, but on the condition they build it somewhere else.

Crooked House owners agree to rebuild iconic pub on one condition

The iconic pub is being rebuilt brick-by-brick- But there's a catch.

metro.co.uk

 

[Zapp Brannigan]

Apparently they've agreed to rebuild it, but on the condition they build it somewhere else.

Crooked House owners agree to rebuild iconic pub on one condition

The iconic pub is being rebuilt brick-by-brick- But there's a catch.

metro.co.uk

I vote for make them do both. A heritage site  and a viable pub.

 

[two sheds]

The idea being that if they rebuild it elsewhere they can go ahead and sell the site or redevelop it with healthy profit as originally planned eh.

 

[existentialist]

The idea being that if they rebuild it elsewhere they can go ahead and sell the site or redevelop it with healthy profit as originally planned eh.

Not only that, but I suspect that this will be the opening move in a game which aims to water down the rebuilding proposals to save costs, to the point where they'll end up with something that barely resembles what they destroyed.

I think, as a matter of principle, the council should hold them to the original reinstatement proposal, and not budge an inch. In burning the place down, they were trying to do exactly what they're after doing now. It should be status quo ante, or prison. AND status quo ante. No arguments.

 

[editor]

The idea being that if they rebuild it elsewhere they can go ahead and sell the site or redevelop it with healthy profit as originally planned eh.

It's going to cost them a fortune to rebuild the pub, regardless of location.

 

[StoneRoad]

BBC keeping the topic in the news

How The Crooked House fire fuelled a resistance movement

One year on, fans of The Crooked House still hope it can be rebuilt.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Pickman's model]

BBC keeping the topic in the news

How The Crooked House fire fuelled a resistance movement

One year on, fans of The Crooked House still hope it can be rebuilt.

www.bbc.co.uk

the guardian, 1/8/24 Crooked House pub campaigners say they won’t let rebuilding plans die - the bbc came rather late to this

 

[krtek a houby]

the guardian, 1/8/24 Crooked House pub campaigners say they won’t let rebuilding plans die - the bbc came rather late to this

Too busy ingesting the latest "guidelines" from top brass, no doubt

 

[Pickman's model]

Too busy ingesting the latest "guidelines" from top brass, no doubt

i've never heard it called that before