Another ‘wonky’ pub has been set on fire five miles from Crooked House | UK News

Police are investigating after a historic pub went up in flames just miles away from the Crooked House ruins.

Fire crews raced to the Greyhound and Punchbowl, in Wolverhampton, just before 4am on Saturday.

Despite their best efforts much of the pub’s interior and parts of the outside were destroyed.

West Midlands Fire Service believe the fire was started deliberately and police are investigating.

The pub was thought to have been built as a manor house in 1450, before being reopened with a license between 1774-1820, the Sun reports.

The Grade II listed building is only around five miles away from the Crooked House, which was seriously damaged and then demolished following a fire in August.

While not as wonky as its nearby neighbour, the Greyhound and Punchbowl also has its historic charms, with crooked exterior beams typical of surviving buildings from this time period.

A spokesman for West Midlands Police said: ‘We are continuing our enquiries into a suspected arson attack at the Greyhound and Punchbowl in Bilston.

‘Officers are carrying out CCTV and door to door enquiries to find out more about the circumstances of how the fire started.

‘We were called shortly after 4am on September 30 to support West Midlands Fire Service, who believed the fire had been started deliberately.

‘We are hoping anyone who was in the area may have seen more, so anyone with further information can contact us.’

Police are also investigating the Crooked House fire as potential arson.

Earlier this week a 34-year-old woman and a man, 44, were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit arson.

They had previously arrested three men aged 66, 33 and 51 on suspicion of conspiracy to commit arson with intent or being reckless as to whether life was endangered.

All three men were released on conditional bail while enquiries continue.

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