IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Spon End, COVENTRY, CV1 3HE

Introduction

This page details the photographs taken nearby to Spon End, CV1 3HE by members of the Geograph project.

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Coventry-The Black Horse
Unfortunately this public house in Spon End has closed since Nigel's recent photo [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2823546]
Image: © Ian Rob Taken: 21 Jul 2012
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The Shutters are down
A winter's Saturday morning. There is no indication as to if the corner shop on the junction of Melbourne Road and Spon End is shut for good or not. Spon End at one time was the heart of Coventry's clock and watch making industry.
Image: © Anthony Vosper Taken: 23 Feb 2013
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The Black Horse
Closed pub on Spon End, understood to originally date from the 18th Century but then rebuilt in c.1830. For a time from 2011 it was grade II listed, but following an appeal from its owners at the time, Punch Taverns, it was delisted. However, Coventry Council added it to their local list to giving it an element of protection from demolition, but its future remains unclear.
Image: © Ian Capper Taken: 24 Sep 2021
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The Black Horse, Spon End
The Black Horse dates from at least 1803 when the annual "Gooseberry Feast" was held here. In 1926 it was sold by then owners Charringtons and for some time was an M&B pub. In May 2012 Punch Taverns sold the pub to a property developer, Tony Harris, who owned the nearby Arches Industrial Estate. His intention was to demolish the pub and sell the land to the next door car dealership to extend their forecourt. In September 2011 the pub had been given Grade II listed building status by English Heritage, who described it as "a rare surviving example of a relatively simple and modest urban Victorian public house, a type of public house that was once common throughout England but is now very rare". However Punch Taverns challenged the listing and after consideration English Heritage concluded the pub should be delisted. The pub was sold and on 17th May the city planning authorities locally listed it. However, that was too late, as within days of purchasing the building Mr Harris had gutted the interior, with what seems indecent haste. The pub is now boarded up awaiting future developments. See Historic Coventry Pub Guide: https://www.historiccoventry.co.uk/cph/main/pub.php?pg=black_horse_spon Local listing details: https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=MCT16988&resourceID=1029 Update 2023: The pub has now been demolished Image Image
Image: © Gerald England Taken: 24 Sep 2021
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Sign of The Black Horse
Sign for The Black Horse Image
Image: © Gerald England Taken: 24 Sep 2021
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The Black Horse
This traditional city centre pub has lost all the victorian terraced housing that once used to surround it. The three storey red brick building stands isolated on the north side of Spon End just west of Spon End Railway Viaduct surrounded by second hand car lots and tyre fitters.
Image: © Nigel Mykura Taken: 11 Feb 2012
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The last of the Black Horse, Spon End
The remaining rubble after demolition of the Black Horse former public house (Image], 2009) to make way for road widening.
Image: © E Gammie Taken: 9 Jan 2023
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The Black Horse, Spon End
The Black Horse at Spon End is listed as a tavern in Pigot's 1828-29 Directory, with John Rammage as licensee. Interestingly, John Rammage is also listed as a 'shroud manufacturer' in Spon End. The building was listed grade II in 2011 as 'rare surviving example of a relatively simple and modest Victorian public house'.
Image: © E Gammie Taken: 27 Feb 2009
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Spon End
Beyond the white van can be seen a digger dealing with the rubble remaining after the demolition of the Black Horse former pub to make way for road widening works.
Image: © E Gammie Taken: 9 Jan 2023
0.02 miles
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The Black Horse, Spon End
Image: © Keith Williams Taken: 28 Mar 2009
0.02 miles
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