The Weaver's House, Spon End, Coventry

Image: © A J Paxton Taken: 15 Sep 2019

The Weaver's House is here seen open to the public on the heritage weekend in September 2019. On the left, with the door open, is the Visitor Centre, no. 121 Upper Spon Street. To its right, and with its timber framing exposed, is no. 123, the house that has been restored to show how John Croke, a Coventry narrow-loom weaver, and his family might have lived and worked around 1540. The five houses in this row, known as Black Swan Terrace, were built in the 15th century and were rescued from dereliction at the turn of the 21st by the Spon End Building Preservation Trust. Of the five, no. 122 had the most medieval work surviving, and in places where it could be seen by visitors, which made it the most suitable to be converted into a museum and the least to be used for any other modern purpose. No. 121 was much altered in the 18th century, so was restored in the style of this period. It is used for activities such as welcoming and orienting visitors and for the weavers' craft workshop, as there is relatively little space in its neighbour. https://theweavershouse.org/

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