Mitre, Stourbridge

An imposing piece of 'Brewers Tudor' on an awkward, wedge-shaped site. The exterior is in brick and stone with a timbered and gabled upper floor, wonderful original leaded and painted windows all round, and original doors: only the corner entrance is now in use. Also has an original hanging sign, and lanterns above two doors. The heavily-leaded windows have an important influence on the interior character and are ornamented with heraldic glass and, of course, the eponymous mitre. The interior has suffered from poor-quality alterations over the years, but retains some original features of interest.

Reflecting the shape of the site, the servery (in the centre) is triangular but the rooms surrounding it are now interlinked and it is not easy to work out exactly how the arrangements were. Apart from the public bar at the front they would have been quite small (such as the lounge on the Crown Lane side). Note the dumb waiter in the servery; carved bar counter; leaded and glazed screen behind the bar with painted 'mitre' panel; panelling in the front pool room and rear lounge; Tudor-style walls with pegged timber frames; ceiling cornices with 'vine' decoration in the lounge. Also four fireplaces - two in stone with carved timber chimney-piece incorporating clocks; one with timber-framed upper part; and a brick one in the rear lobby.