Lad in the Lane

Instead of having to travel far and wide to see this country's architectural treasures sometimes they are just on your doorstep. Take the Lad in the Lane public house in Birches Green for example. It is probably the oldest house in Birmingham and may have been in existence since the end of the 14th century.

The building was originally a dwelling but since the 1780s has been a public house, known as the Green Man for a long time but the Lad in the Lane in recent decades. Although the building has been much altered over the last six centuries some of the beams have been dated to the 15th century and maybe earlier.