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Graiseley Row, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV2 4HJ

This was formerly the well liked back street Queen's Arms, a Burtonwood public house serving well kept real ale. Partly painted in shades of pink and yellow, it then became a gay club/bar for a while before being closed down. Now it is an Indian food restaurant and bar with very encouraging reviews on Tripadvisor (2017).

Indian curry house in former 'Real Ale' pub.

Looking north-east towards Pool Street.

A pub on Graiseley Row, currently closed and awaiting a new lease of life. For more information, see Image

A decorative detail above the door of this former favourite real ale hostelry. Image

This pub is hidden away in an area of small and medium sized industrial businesses in Graiseley Row, near the A449 Penn Road. In the 1970s and 1980s it was a favoured venue for the real ale enthusiasts, serving excellent pints from the Burtonwood Brewery. Even as late as 2004 it was recommended in CAMRA publications, though the ambience was declining (IMHO) during the 1990s, and seeing it again after many years, I recall the exterior was never that colour. So, the decor now "says it all", but the pub (club?) is no longer open; a new licence application is pending, following "incidents" late in 2008. Photographed in 2017, it is a curry house/bar called The Kasbar, and is painted white again. The Burtonwood sign on the side of the building remains. Image]

Looking north-east from Graiseley Hill. Behind the fence on the left is the cleared site of the former Metal Castings Ltd. The works closed in 2004 after more than a hundred years on the site. A new Jaguar Land Rover hub is planned for 2017-2018.

The Queen's Arms is hidden away in an area of small and medium sized industrial businesses in Graiseley Row, near the A449 Penn Road. In the 1970s and 1980s it was a favoured venue for the real ale enthusiasts, serving excellent pints from the Burtonwood Brewery. Even as late as 2004 it was recommended in CAMRA publications*, though the ambience was declining (IMHO) during the 1990s, and seeing it again after many years, I recall the exterior was never that gay colour. So, the paintwork says all that needs to be said, but the pub (club?http://www.egay.co.uk/bar_directory.php?bar_id=276 ) is no longer open; a new licence application is pending, following "incidents" late in 2008. Edited 20.4.09 Apparently it did drop off the CAMRA list, but was reinstated because of R and S, excellent tenants, who eventually moved on. Edited 23.4 09 Information from Roger Allen, former landlord. There has been a pub on the site since 1869 or earlier, as it was mentioned in a Wolverhampton Directory that year. It also appears on a map of 1871. The licensee in the census of 1881 combined two occupations: publican and engine driver. It brewed its own beer until 1960, when the boiler failed, and the landlord couldn't raise the money to repair it. This was probably the last of the original home brew pubs in Wolverhampton. It then became an Ansell's house, and later Burtonwood. It was badly damaged by fire in 2000 before re-entering the good beer guides thanks to the efforts of Roger and Shirley, who ran it until 2004.

The view of an industrial area in Blakenhall Wolverhampton.

A street off the Penn Road, Wolverhampton.