119 - 123 Upper Spon Street
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119 - 123 Upper Spon Street
Image: © Ian Capper Taken: 25 Sep 2021
Row of late medieval cottages, dating originally from 1455, but with various alterations since. In the 16th Century it was owned by the Mercers' Guild. The right hand end, now no 123, was from the early 18th Century the Black Swan Inn, until closure in 1905. Although in various uses over the years, both residential and commercial, with links to many of the historic Coventry trades, the buildings fell into decay, and were condemned in the late 1970s/early 1980s. Eventually responsibility for passed to a Trust, the Spon End Building Preservation Trust, who in the early 2000s restored them to their present well preserved state. In particular the building in the centre has been restored as a weaver's house from the 16th Century and is regularly open for tours, visits and demonstrations. See https://theweavershouse.org/ for the Trust's website. The whole range is grade II* listed - see www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1226523.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.408527
Longitude
-1.522533