Demolished 24/6/2019, site is now housing. Closed on 25/02/2018 and ceased trading. Planning Application 117274/FO/2017 | Erection of an apartment block with a maximum height of 5 storeys (excluding roof top plant) and comprising 27 units (26 x two bedroom and 1 x one bedroom) with car parking, amenity space and boundary treatments and 4 two storey houses with roof space accommodation with garden areas, car parking and associated walls and fencing and vehicular access from Kingsway and Moseley Road following the demolition of the existing public house. Granted 12/1/2018. History: Sold by owners, Joseph Holt to a developer with plans to either convert to flats, or to demolish and build flats on the site. Occupied a prominent position at the northern end of Kingsway. Comprised of three large, distinct rooms and an upstairs function room. It did lunchtime food, with a popular carvery on a Sunday. Well appointed, and well run, yet for its size it appeared for many years to be lacking customers. Sadly it ceased to sell cask Holts beers back in early 2017.