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The Old Crown in 1857 The Old Crown, Deritend, on the road up to Camp Hill, is one of the few mediaeval buildings remaining in Birmingham. It was thought that it was built between 1450 and 1500. However, new evidence suggests that it may have been built in 1492, the same year as the Saracen's Head, King's Norton. It is now a pub, but originally may have been a wealthy merchant's house, or may have been the school built by the Guild of St. John's for the education of their sons.

 Birmingham Ghost and Hauntings founder talks about the haunted past of The Old Crown

Oct 8 2008

Joanne Morris is the founder of the biggest paranormal investigation group in the Midlands

THE Old Crown in Deritend is one of a few remaining examples of Birmingham's medieval past.

It's amazing that this building has survived considering how close it has come to being destroyed during its long life.

It has seen off Civil War soldiers, Victorian town planners, German bombs, and a few centuries worth of drunken Brummies.

No one is exactly sure of the date of The Old Crown's construction, but it is likely it has its origins in the late 14th century and was built by a gentleman called Robert O' The Green. (I haven't been able to find out much about this rather interestingly named fellow).

The building as we see it today probably dates from the Tudor period and the oldest description we have is by John Leland. He visited Deritend in 1538 and was impressed enough to write about it in a letter to his master Henry VIII. He described what he had seen as "a fair mansion of tymber", (Leland, Birmingham Itinerary 1538).

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