Crooked House: Experts say rebuild could be complicated

In 2022, the Black Country Living Museum opened the Elephant and Castle pub, a replica of a pub that stood in Wolverhampton until 2001.

A museum spokesperson said “the complexity and cost” of The Crooked House would depend on how much of the original material was saved, including from the interior and its condition.

They stated reconstructing or replicating the interior accurately, with the right choice of materials, would be important and access to architectural drawings would be vital.

“Buildings leaning because they have sunk into old mine workings were once common across the Black Country and were called ‘pit-pulled’,” they added.

“Our own example, Jerushah, from Cooper’s Bank, Gornal Wood, was carefully replicated at the museum in 1986, including its tilt.”