Landmark pub is up for sale

A landmark pub in Wolverhampton has suddenly closed and been put up for sale – just months after bosses were told they had to close early following complaints about noise.

The Halfway House on Tettenhall Road is owned by Enterprise Inns which is selling the business – but not the building – for £13,840. The company has advertised the business on its website and is calling for someone to "inject life into this pub business opportunity". Last year magistrates banned the pub from playing music past 11pm.

Wolverhampton City Council had received a string of complaints from 18 fed-up neighbours amid claims they had kept music blaring from the pub until 5am and even on Easter Sunday.

In October, father and son team Jerry and Jeremy Collins failed in their bid to overturn the magistrates' rulings.

The duo had claimed they had done "everything humanly possible" to address the problem.

Jerry Collins, aged 50, warned at the time the business could not survive without later entertainment hours.

The venue was particularly popular with students and late-night revellers.

The pub is being advertised as "a three-storey, brick-built property with a side extension that houses a contemporary-styled bar area with leather sofas, wooden tables and chairs and a wall-mounted TV.

Whoever runs it will also have a kitchen, bathroom and four bedrooms but the building itself will still be owned by Enterprise Inns.

Enterprise Inns spokeswoman Vicky Averis said: "The Halfway House will be closed for a short time while we look to recruit a suitable retailer. We will re-open it to the community as soon as possible."

She confirmed the Collins family was no longer on site but was not able to comment on the reason for their departure.

Enterprise Inns is also still looking for someone to take over Seamus O'Donnells in Wolverhampton city centre which closed a month ago. The company is also trying to sell The Old Still Inn building in King Street.