The Carlton Tavern in London (a 1920s pub which was the only building on its street to survive the Blitz and had many original features including the tiled exterior) was illegally demolished in 2015 while it was being considered for listing. The owners told the landlady to close the pub for two days for an inventory- she came back to find it a pile of rubble.
The local council ordered it to be rebuilt ‘brick by brick’ , and banned the owners from selling the land until the pub was rebuilt. They also refused to allow them to include any residential accommodation in the rebuilt pub - they had demolished it after their initial application to replace it with a block of flats with a ground floor bar was refused.
The latest news is that the rebuilt pub, which is not yet completed, is being advertised for sale.
