Sedgley's Beacon Hotel gets go-ahead for new conservatory, despite objection

But neighbour Sharon Raybould, whose house in Beacon Lane backs on to the pub beer garden, objected to the plan, saying her family had to endure noise and disturbance on a daily basis.

"The pub impacts on our family's use of our garden due to the noise which often continues until late night, and the constant invasion of our privacy from customers' children climbing on the trees and fence and looking into our garden," she said.

"We would have no objection to the existing building being replaced with an equivalent-size structure to make it safe, but we object to the larger replacement as this will bring more customers to the pub causing more disturbance to us.

"We are aware it is a pub, and there will be some noise, but we had to move here as it was an adapted property for my disabled wife and our autistic son who really doesn't cope well with the noise and invasion of privacy from the pub, and has led to arguments with pub customers in the past.

"Any increase in customers would lead to more noise and would cause more stress and health issues to our family."

The Grade II listed pub in Bilston Street dates back to the 1850s, and is a regular winner of Campaign for Real Ale Awards. In 2011 was judged to be one of the four best pubs in the country.

The conservatory was built sometime about 1990 to provide a covered walkway to the toilets, which had previously been located outdoors.

According to the application, the existing conservatory’s softwood frame is suffering from rot, and needs to be replaced.

It received temporary repairs for safety reasons, which included removing all glass from the roof and replacing it with a felt covering.

But the application said the timber was now beyond economic repair, and the conservatory needed to be removed.

It asked for a larger conservatory to be built so that it could accommodate traditional pub furniture, similar to that used in other parts of the pub.

The application said the design of the conservatory would closely resemble the appearance of the existing one, and would continue to be used for growing plants.

The Beacon Hotel and the attached Sarah Hughes brewery was given listed status in 2010 as a rare example of a pub which had been preserved in its original Victorian state.

“The combination of a public house and brewery building, both originating in the mid-19th century and surviving in largely original condition, is rare,” says Historic England’s listing record.

“The last significant alteration to the core of the building happened in the early 1920s and the core plan of both brewery and public house contains much fabric and many fixtures which can be dated to the mid-19th century when the building was put up.” It added that the alterations which had taken place had been carried out in sympathy with the existing fabric, and did not detract from the building’s special interest.

The brewery is renowned for its Sarah Hughes Ruby Mild, which was once reputed to be the strongest mild ale in the country.