The Antelope, Birmingham

The Antelope, now housing a restaurant called Hajee's Spices, is a grade II listed building on the Stratford Road in Sparkhill, Birmingham, England.[1] It opened as a public house called The Antelope in 1924.[2]

The building in 2007, when still a public house

The building features bas-relief carvings designed by local artist William Bloye and sculpted by his assistant, Tom Wright. The Antelope pub was synonymous in the 1980s with Irish builders and was often frequented by such local legends as Frank McLoughlin and Tony Gilleran. [3]

References

Historic England. "The Antelope Public House (1276234)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
"Your favourite Stratford Road building – voting extended to Monday 27 October by popular demand!". myroute. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
Noszlopy, George T. (1998). Public Sculpture of Birmingham including Sutton Coldfield. Public Sculpture of Britain. Vol. 2. Liverpool University Press. ISBN 0-85323-682-8.

External links

Official website

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[Historical_England-1] Historic England. "The Antelope Public House (1276234)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 June 2015.

[My_Route-2] "Your favourite Stratford Road building – voting extended to Monday 27 October by popular demand!". myroute. Retrieved 3 June 2015.

[Noszlopy-3] Noszlopy, George T. (1998). Public Sculpture of Birmingham including Sutton Coldfield. Public Sculpture of Britain. Vol. 2. Liverpool University Press. ISBN 0-85323-682-8.