![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/rebuilding-crooked-house-could-take-three-years-and-3m/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/west-midlands-staffordshire-fire-rescue-836397590-2.jpg&description=A RESTORATION expert says it could take three years and up to £3million to rebuild the Crooked House pub. Danny Bennett, director of Walsall-based Farcroft Restorations, has been involved in numerous high-profile rebuild projects. 4 The gutted pub following the fire on August 5 Credit: Alamy 4 The remains of the pub were flattened 36 hours after the fire Credit: PA He says restorations of pubs in a similar position to the Crooked House have taken place successfully across the UK. It comes after Britain's wonkiest boozer , in Himley, Staffordshire, was destroyed in a devastating fire on August 5. The pub's scorched remains were then flattened by diggers 36 hours after the suspected arson attack , leaving the site filled with piles of rubble. But Mr Bennett said there is history when it comes to pubs being rebuilt following an unauthorised demolition. He cited the Carlton Tavern pub in Maida Vale, West London, which was demolished without permission before a council ordered it to be rebuilt exactly as it was. The restoration expert told The Express and Star : "Could you recreate the building from its remains? Yes. Could you get it 100 per cent accurate? No. "It's not terribly unusual to build a replica based on the original design, using exactly the same methods. "You would want to keep the original materials where possible. It's amazing what you can pick up from the remains, and if you can find old drawings. "The design and approval process is probably going to take something like 12 months." The Crooked House had been put forward for listed status protectio n shortly before the blaze. Planning officials from South Staffordshire Council also say they had insisted the pub must not be demolished - and its lawyers are now looking into potential planning breaches. Mr Bennett said the pub's famous slope, cause by a mining subsidence in the 19th century, would make restoration more difficult. He estimated a price at between £2.5m and £3.5m and a time frame of "two-and-a-h){kind=link}
A RESTORATION expert says it could take three years and up to £3million to rebuild the Crooked House pub.
Danny Bennett, director of Walsall-based Farcroft Restorations, has been involved in numerous high-profile rebuild projects.
He says restorations of pubs in a similar position to the Crooked House have taken place successfully across the UK.
It comes after Britain’s wonkiest boozer, in Himley, Staffordshire, was destroyed in a devastating fire on August 5.
The pub’s scorched remains were then flattened by diggers 36 hours after the suspected arson attack, leaving the site filled with piles of rubble.