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Main Street, NUNEATON, CV13 6AH

Grade II Listed 18th century cottage probably formerly two cottages.

A former Doctor's surgery, but it is recorded that, in 1881, a reading room was opened at 62 Main Street.

Grade II Listed mid 19th century Methodist Church. Originally ‘the house that Jack built’. The deeds go back to 1838 when Jack Brown pushed a hand cart to and from Wilnecote Brick Works, a distance of 10 miles, carrying all the bricks to build a house. The iron window frames he carried from Birmingham a 42 mile round trip for each frame. After 14 years the house still needed a roof which was paid for by the parish. Sadly, Jack never lived to enjoy the fruits of his labours. It has two front doors, two rear doors and two internal staircases but has always been one house. It was purchased in 1959 and converted into the Methodist Chapel. (The OS map shows it as 66 Main Street but a number of websites give the address as 68).

Grade II Listed late 18th century house. The rear, south wing, is Honeysuckle Cottage, apparently still numbered as 60, a 21st century refurbished, 130 sq.m. three bedroom cottage. Ravenstone House fronting Main Street also refurbished in the 21st century is a three storey 4 bedroom house. The former farmhouse dates to the late 18th or early 19th century, but contained some structural material from an earlier house (cellaring, timbers from a timber framed house, doors). From 1736 to at least 1923 Ravenstone Farm formed part of the estate of the Ravenstone Hospital, an establishment founded by Mr John Wilkins of Ravenstone Hall in 1711.

Grade II Listed early to mid 18th century farmhouse. In Oct. 2009 it was described as 'recently improved to modern standards'. The adjoining stable building (joining onto the east gable of the farmhouse) was made of handmade bricks, as the farmhouse, though most were seconds. The roof is a 21st century replacement of the previous corrugated roof with the wall height increased and windows added, presumably a second floor having been inserted.

Formally the Fox Inn that stopped operating as a public house in 2012 when planning permission was submitted and successfully granted for one new dwelling and to become a house. Possibly dating back to the 1820s or before it was rebuilt in the 1930s. A search of local directories found the following landlords, Pigot's directory given as 1822,1828 and 1835 Chas Ball, 1846 not found, 1854 John Ensor, 1861 George Deeming, 1863 Abraham Elson, 1870-1880 William Kendall (also wheelwright), 1887-1892 Josiah Good (also a blacksmith), 1895-1899 Thomas Taylor (also a blacksmith) and 1908 Frank Wells.

81 Main Street. Red brick village local.

The Post Office is at the corner of Nuneaton Lane, the Oddfellows Arms public house is on the left of the view.