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Coventry Road, WARWICK, CV34 5HL

Right at the edge of the square, Kate Boats is a repair yard and overnight stop on the Grand Union Canal in Warwick. The bridge in the distance is Coventry Road.

Preparations for the 2009 boating season at Kate Boats.

Local people are making informal use of this undeveloped land behind the County Council depot in Montague Road Image

A map of 1938 shows this row of semi-detached houses in outline. There had formerly been a large villa here called Guy's Cross Hill, at the summit of Cliff Hill. It is not known what or where Guy's Cross is or was. Speculating: a boundary marker with the Guy's Cliffe estate?

Looking towards the junction with Coventry Road, left. The building on the right is the roadside part of Kate Boats. They have a fleet of cruising canal boats and are clearly preparing to provide canal-based staycations through 2021 following the worst of the Covid-19 pandemic. The house left of centre is Bridge House, seen from the front in Image The Nelson name refers to the family whose factory by the canal manufactured gelatines.

A map of 1938 shows this row of semi-detached houses in outline. Image is a view from 2009. There had formerly been a large villa here called Guy's Cross Hill, at the summit of Cliff Hill. It is not known what or where Guy's Cross is or was. Speculating: a boundary marker with the Guy's Cliffe estate?

Built around 1780, listed Grade II https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1184344

Bridge House, number 146 Coventry Road, is late 18th century with a symmetrical facade in red brick. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1184344 A market town and county town of Warwickshire, Warwick lies on the River Avon, 11 miles (18 kilometres) south of Coventry. There is evidence of unbroken habitation from the 6th century AD with signs of Neolithic and Roman activity before that date. It was a Saxon burh in the 9th century and Warwick Castle was built during the Norman Conquest. Much of the town was destroyed in The Great Fire of Warwick in 1694. Warwick Racecourse is located just west of the town centre. The Grand Union Canal passes through the town and the restored Saltisford Canal Arm is close to the town centre.

Late eighteenth century, listed Grade II https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1184344

The building at the back is believed to be a canal-based business: the Grand Union Canal runs past it. The building on Nelson Lane, partly offices, may or may not be related. Research needed.