Corner of Snow Hill and Temple Street, Wolverhampton
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Corner of Snow Hill and Temple Street, Wolverhampton
Image: © Roger D Kidd Taken: 2 Mar 2012
This used to be The Pied Bull Inn on the corner of Temple Street, originally called the Coach and Horses, which for a long time was a coaching inn. It was originally a fine three storey town house from the second half of the 18th century, but for many years was without its top floor. There has been a lot of work done, with a completely new top floor and roof, but has that work been halted? Some of those old lower window sills still look decidedly unsafe! Further up Snow Hill to the left, starting with the green shop frontage is a Georgian row of renovated shops, now Grade II listed. These were in appalling condition and were lucky to escape demolition in the mid-1990s. The Snow Hill Fish Restaurant still looks in need of a lot of attention. See the same corner in this 2007 image; no top floor! : Image] Update: The property is still empty in April 2018, but with the new retail market opening nearby during the summer, surely the prospects for a viable business (catering?) here have much improved.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.582128
Longitude
-2.126052