The Endwood

General informationStatusEmptyTypePublic House (former residence)Town or cityBirminghamCountryEnglandCoordinates52°30′45″N 1°55′11″W / 52.512362°N 1.919737°W / 52.512362; -1.919737Completed1820 (1820)Technical detailsFloor count3DesignationsGrade II listed

The Endwood is a disused grade II listed public house on Hamstead Road, in the Handsworth Wood district of Birmingham, England.^[1][2]

The three-storey building was constructed as a private residence, Church Hill House, in 1820,^[1] when Handsworth Wood was part of Staffordshire. It has a stucco finish, a slate roof and porch with doric columns.^[2]

Around the 1880s, it was occupied by the Muntz family,^[1] George Frederic Muntz' second son William Henry Muntz having married Alice Parker, the second daughter of its occupant, George Parker, in 1846.^[3]

It subsequently became a hotel, known as the Hill House Hotel and then the Endwood Hotel,^[4] before being purchased in 1937 by the brewers Butlers of Wolverhampton, who used it as a pub.^[4] That company, and thus the Endwood, was acquired by Mitchells & Butlers in 1960.^[5]

It was given listed building status in July 1982.^[2]

A 2001 proposal to convert the building into flats was dismissed.^[6] In June 2015, a planning application was submitted to Birmingham City Council, for use of the building as an education centre.^{[1][needs update]}

The building sits immediately opposite the site of the defunct Handsworth Wood railway station (1896–1941), and the railway line passes beneath the house in a short tunnel. St Mary's Church (Norman, rebuilt 1820) and Handsworth Park (1880s) are also nearby to the south, as is the A4040 road to the north.

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