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Railway Terrace, Owen Street, ATHERSTONE, CV9 1DQ

Grade II listed. Listing number 1365147.

Opened on 27 March 1856.

Grade II listed. Listing number 1299864. The house was constructed sometime between 1771 and 1790, as the house and offices for the wharfinger at adjacent Atherstone Wharf, a coal wharf at what was then the termination of the Coventry Canal. The wharf was constructed in 1771, and the house appears to date from this period or shortly afterwards; it appears on the earliest map of the canal, circa 1790, as Queen Anne House, and was named as the house of Richard Pipes. The earliest phase, which was T-shaped on plan, was extended by the addition of a single-storey, one-bay extension to the front of the building in the mid-C19, and a single-storey extension to the south was added at roughly the same period. The rear was extended by the addition of a relatively narrow outshut in the later C19, and a further addition was made to the rear in the early C20. The building continued in use as a wharfinger's house throughout the C19

No motorist wants to find themselves approaching this - a 4-way temporary traffic light control just as it turns red. Oddly, there is no obvious sign of any roadworks - and how is the blue car turning into Westwood Road from the opposite direction?

This has been a pub certainly since around 1817, possibly earlier. They are fond of lions in this area. Atherstone has this White Lion, plus the Red Lion Hotel and nearby at Witherley is the Blue Lion Inn. Next door to The White Lion, on the left, is Atherstone House, a Chinese Take Away. On the other side is Winnie's Cafe.

The postal address is Long Street, but the office actually fronts onto Coleshill Street.

A burst of colour between the towpath and a canalside building close to bridge 41.

Pink roses grow between the towpath and a canalside building close to bridge 41.

It is not unusual for pubs and other businesses to advertise themselves to canal boaters - it all adds to the interest, but beware of any establishment claiming to be ten minutes away (reckon on at least double that!) This is a particularly curious collection by bridge 41 in Atherstone. Anyone expecting a warm welcome at the Barge and Bridge will be disappointed - the pub closed in 2015 and has since been demolished. And who exactly is selling Calor Gas?