Sedgley pub reopening after £70,000 refurbishment

It has received a £70,000 refurbishment from new operators The Red Pub Company, and six new bar staff have been recruited.

Director Paul Jones said the Grade II listed pub now offers six hand pulls on the bar and initial beers would be from breweries including Abbeydale, Enville Ales, Fixed Wheel, Hobsons, Kinver, Oakham, Thornbridge and Wye Valley.

Craft keg beers from Tiny Rebel and Purity Brewing will also be on sale.

The Swan has been closed since last February. It was bought from Stonegate Pub Company in July for £255,000 and has been let to the Red Pub Company.

The downstairs has initially been upgraded and the upstairs, which was also previously a hotel, has nine rooms which will be let out for a separate Airbnb business once they have been upgraded to a high standard.

A feature inglenook fireplace on the ground floor has been retained and the toilets have been refurbished.

The new licence for the pub had been approved, with a midnight closing time each day. Drinks will be served until 11.30pm.

There are plans to put on indoor and outdoor music at the pub and there will also be an outdoor bar added.

There will be no entertainment initially but it is expected to start later in the year.

Well behaved dogs on leads will be welcomed.

The licensee will be Michelle Harrison, who also runs the Malt Shovel in Dudley town centre.

The Swan, opposite All Saints Parish Church, is Tipton-based Red Pub Company’s 18th pub and its 10th real ale specialist premises.

The other real ale pubs are The Jolly Crispin, Upper Gornal, The Bird in Hand and The Glasscutters Arms, Wordsley; The Bartons Arms, Aston; The Beacon Way, Bloxwich; The Malt Shovel, Dudley; Red House Boutique, Stourbridge; The Tame Bridge, Tipton and The Plough, Oswestry.