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Osborne Road, COVENTRY, CV5 6DY

This pair of cottages on Berkeley Road South have the third floor 'top-shop' windows, typical of weavers premises, to allow maximum light for working at looms. It looks like the windows have been modernised. Dating from the 1850s they represent the last gasps of the weaving trade before its collapse and replacement by the watchmaking industry which was to be based in Earlsdon and Chapelfields as it developed. The cottages are noted in the 'Earlsdon Heritage Trail' documented in 2000 by Mary Montes.

Pair of semi-detached cottages built for silk ribbon weavers in the 1850s, with prominent upper floor windows allowing for plenty of light into the "top shops". Originally the road was called Cromwell Street, the current name first being shown on the 1926 6 inch map.

Looking along Berkeley Road South from where it meets Providence Street/Osborne Road. Originally the road was called Cromwell Street, the current name first being shown on the 1926 6 inch map.

Row of 1850s houses. The green plaque above the door of no 102 refers to a building that previously stood behind these houses which was from 1854-65 a weaving shed, later from 1872-84 serving as a Methodist chapel before they moved to what is now the Criterion Theatre further along and on the opposite side of the street (see Image) and from 1882-90 serving as a school before it moved to Earlsdon Road North (see Image). Originally the road was called Cromwell Street, the current name first being shown on the 1926 6 inch map.

Mid 19th Century housing. The nearest three houses, nos 83 - 87, have name plaques Oakville, Rosedale, and May Cottage respectively. For closer view of nos 89 - 91, the pair beyond, see Image Originally the road was called Cromwell Street, the current name first being shown on the 1926 6 inch map.

Mainly mid - late 19th Century housing, with most marked on the 1889 25 inch map. At that time the road was called Cromwell Street, the current name first being shown on the 1926 6 inch map.

c.turn of the 19th/20th Centuries housing, first shown on the 1906 25 inch map.

19th Century street, with the terrace on the left, with a name plaque Portland Villa, shown on the 1889 25 inch map.