Tap & Spile - A Birmingham Gem!

The Tap & Spile is a public house at Gas Street Basin in Birmingham. In a pair of Grade II listed buildings dating to the early 19th Century.


Where is the Tap & Spile?

The Tap & Spile is at 10-16 Gas Street, Birmingham, B1 2JT. It also on Gas Street Basin.

 

In brief

A public house at Gas Street Basin, the Tap & Spile is housed in a pair of Grade II listed buildings dating to the early 19th Century.

Tap & SpileThe Tap & Spile from Gas Street Basin (October 2020). Photography by Elliott Brown

 

Tap & Spile - history

10-12 Gas Street has been a Grade II listed building since 1982.

The house was built near the canal in the early 19th century.

Stucco with a slate roof.

One of two properties on Gas Street and Gas Street Basin that is now home to the Tap & Spile Public House.

Tap & SpileTap & Spile - 10-12 Gas Street (December 2009). Photography by Elliott Brown

 

14 and 16 Gas Street has been a Grade II listed building since 1981.

Built in the early 19th century near the canal of brick.

The second of two properties on Gas Street that is now home to the Tap & Spile Public House.

This one is closest to the towpath entrance to Gas Street Basin.

Tap & SpileTap & Spile - 14-16 Gas Street (December 2009). Photography by Elliott Brown

 

By the spring of 2014, the Tap & Spile was under new ownership, and the pub was getting restored ahead of it reopening.

Tap & SpileTap & Spile - Gas Street Basin (April 2014). Photography by Elliott Brown

 

By the winter of 2014-15, the Tap & Spile was reopened, and was fully restored.

Tap & SpileTap & Spile - Gas Street Basin (February 2015). Photography by Elliott Brown

 

Outdoor canalside seating at The Tap & Spile during the July 2022 summer heatwave.

Tap & SpileTap & Spile - Gas Street Basin (July 2022). Photography by Elliott Brown

 

Outside in the freezing cold winter weather, most people will be sitting inside of the Tap & Spile to have a drink.

Tap & SpileTap & Spile - Gas Street Basin (December 2022). Photography by Elliott Brown

 

Contact details

Tap & Spile

10-16 Gas Street

Birmingham

B1 2JT

0121 272 5278

tapandspile.birmingham@stonegategroup.co.uk

Project dates

13 Jun 2022 - On-going

Passions

History & heritage, Food & drink, Classic Architecture

Contact

Your Place Your Space

Jonathan Bostock

0121 410 5520
jonathan.bostock@ yourplaceyourspace.com