Former Missoula and Luna unit set for transformation
Illustration of the future vision for the ‘The Muddy Fox’ provided by Heartwood Inns.
Prominent Solihull High Street building set for transformation
Solihull Council has entered an agreement with the award-winning Heartwood Inns to transform the former Missoula and Luna unit on Solihull High Street.
The development – which is part of a wider strategy to invest in Solihull – will provide a contemporary ‘pub with rooms’, breathing a new lease of life into the prominent listed building.
In a nod to the area’s natural heritage, Heartwood has announced that the site will be renamed The Muddy Fox. With the name ‘Solihull’ said to derive from the ‘soily hill’ on which St Alphege church stands, the name pays tribute to the pub’s former identity while also reflecting the area’s history.
Heartwood Inns is part of the Heartwood Collection, backed by Alchemy Partners – an award-winning group of cosy pubs and atmospheric brasseries rooted at the heart of their local communities.
The acquisition will see The Muddy Fox undergo a multi-million-pound refurbishment, creating 25 beautifully designed bedrooms alongside a landscaped terrace and garden, offering a series of intimate spaces for guests to relax and unwind. The bar and dining areas will also form warm, welcoming spaces infused with Heartwood’s signature charm, where guests can enjoy the group’s seasonally changing menus and carefully curated drinks list.
On opening, The Muddy Fox will become Heartwood’s ninth pub with rooms, its first pub with rooms in the West Midlands, and will take the group’s total room count to almost 300.
