Spon End
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Spon End
Image: © E Gammie Taken: 16 Jan 2011
The cream coloured building on the left is the former Malt Shovel public house which traded from 1808 to 2008. Most of the group of buildings beyond date from the 17th century and are grade II listed. The flats were constructed in 1961 and are sandwiched between Spon Street to the left, the Butts to the right and the river Sherbourne beyond. Several blocks of this design were built in or near the city centre in the early 1960s. Until drainage improvement works were completed in the 1960s/70s this area was regularly subject to flooding from the Sherbourne (which runs behind the houses) backing up at the Spon Street bridge.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.408055
Longitude
-1.525875