Britannia in Aston - Birmingham
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Britannia in Aston - Birmingham
Image: © Martin Richard Phelan Taken: 12 Jan 2010
This building, the Britannia Inn in Lichfield Road, Aston was a replacement for an earlier pub on this site. In 1867 the Aston Hall Tavern stood on this site until the name was changed to the Britannia in 1872. In about 1899 the previous building was demolished and the present building constructed for Mitchells & Butlers, brewers, to the design of architects Wood and Kendrick. It has been unoccupied for a number of years now, briefly being used as a college, a cafeteria and flats. The interior still shows Victorian tiled decoration apparently, well preserved. What the future holds for this prominent and imposing building, standing south of Aston Station and between the A5127 Lichfield Road and the Birmingham & Fazeley Canal to the rear is not known. Time taken 8.58 am GMT (Greenwich Mean Time).
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Image Location
Latitude
52.503331
Longitude
-1.872378