The Old Crown in 1857

The Old Crown, Deritend, on the road up to Camp Hill, is one of the few mediaeval buildings remaining in Birmingham. It was thought that it was built between 1450 and 1500. However, new evidence suggests that it may have been built in 1492, the same year as the Saracen's Head, King's Norton. It is now a pub, but originally may have been a wealthy merchant's house, or may have been the school built by the Guild of St. John's for the education of their sons.