Description:The card has the following detailed information on the reverse:
"The “Glynne Arms,” Kingswinford is situated in the parish of Himley, Staffordshire about three miles from Dudley.
It is named after Sir Stephen Glynne-the brother in law of the late Rt. Hon. W. E. Gladstone - to whom the estate on which it is situated at one time belonged.
Its peculiar position at the extreme edge of the estate – where it is joined by land belonging to the Earl of Dudley - causes it to be sometimes described in error as being on the estate of his lordship. This, however, is not the case, but it explains why the coal has only been mined from under one end of the house. Thus, while one end of the house is at its original level, the southern portion (or lower end) has sunk several feet; yet owing to the house being unusually well built, not a crack is to be noticed, and in this respect it is almost unique. It has stood in this peculiar position for more than half a century, and has long been known as “The Crooked “ or “Siden House.”
The appearance of the interior is even more striking and interesting. Everything seems out of plumb and the general law of gravity set at defiance. Here, walking through the slanting rooms and passages, you have all the sensations peculiar to a visit to the famous Tower of Pisa, in Italy, or pacing the deck of a ship in a heavy sea. W.H.F."
Built as a farmhouse about 1765 and converted to a public house about 1830, it is situated near to Himley Wood collieries and was undermined and consequentially subsided at one end in the mid-19th century. This led to the building gradually listing by about 15 degrees giving rise to its nickname and fame. The building was condemned and threatened with demolition in the 1940s but was reprieved after existing buttresses were further strengthened. In 1957 the owners the Wolverhampton & Dudley Brewery. spent £10,000 on repairs to make it safe. A 1986 fire damaged the upper floor and roof but this was repaired by the Brewery costing £360,000. In early 2023, owners Marston's put the public house, by then officially called The Crooked House, up for sale and it was purchased by private buyers in July 2023. Less than two weeks later it was devastated by fire and completely demolished two days afterwards .
This postcard was published by John Price & Sons.