A WORDSLEY pub with a well-maintained bowling green has been put up for sale.

The Glasscutters Arms, in Barnett Street, is being marketed by Matthew Phillips Surveyors Limited in Sutton Coldfield, with offers in excess of £265,000 invited.

News of the sale has come as a bit of a shock to landlord Dave Robins who has run the pub for the last year-and-a-half.

He said: “I’ve put a lot of effort in, it’s a shame. I’m going to be jobless and homeless unless I find something else.”

Dave, aged 53, who has been in the pub trade for more than a decade, said the pub has grown a thriving crown green bowls club which now boasts five teams, and it also has a darts team.

The pub, which is owned by Punch Pubs & Co, comes with a paved beer patio with smoking area to the rear, a 13-space car park and bowling green, viewing area and clubroom, plus two-bedroom living accommodation.

 Stephen Radford, head of estates at Punch Pubs & Co, said: "As part of our ongoing business strategy, we do from time to time identify a site that may no longer have a long-term future in our estate.

"After careful consideration, the decision has been made to sell the freehold of The Glasscutters Arms, Wordsley, with the transaction now progressing."