Old Moseley Arms, Birmingham

Very traditional pub rebuilt in 1927-8 for Samuel Allsopp & Sons Ltd (Architect W. Norman Twist.). One of the three front doors once accessed the off-sales which, though disused, still exists with an old hatch replaced by a small window. The public bar on the left has interwar fielded panelling, its original sloping bar counter and an Art Deco part-mirrored bar back fitting. Both the fixed seating and wood-surround fireplace (also in Art Deco style) look original, though the latter has modern tiles and grate. An opening has been created fairly recently in the left hand wall to access an extension. The room at the rear right has oak fielded panelling to two-thirds height all round the room, interwar brick fireplace, fixed seating and remnants of bell pushes. A wide doorway links this to the smoke room,front right. This has similar panelling and bell-push remants plus another original fireplace but the bar counter looks to be more recent than that in the left hand bar. The pub was subject to a refurbishment in 1988 and the bar back in this room no doubt dates from that time; the absence of fixed seating could be another consequence of that work. The Gents has original Armitage-Shanks urinals with two modesty screens. A pool room upstais has two interwar brick fireplaces.