1 Three trial trenches were excavated within the existing car park area in connection with a planning application for a proposed new extension to the hotel. The trial trenches ...
Trial trenching revealed walls associated with a former 19th century kitchen block. The kitchen block was known to have been demolished in the 1920s. The site lay west of the Abbeygate buildings at Coombe Abbey.
1 The name “High Bridge” does not appear on earlier maps, but an adjoining field is called High Burge Meadows on an 1823 map.
2 The present bridge is modern, of ...
High Bridge, the site of a modern bridge. A map of 1823 suggests that this might be the site of an earlier bridge. The site is located 700m west of Walsgrave Hill.
1 This is a late 18th century Gothic structure with an octagonal centre, and ogee-headed and blank openings. It is two storeys, of stucco with stone quoins and a ...
East Lodge which was built during the Imperial period. The lodge is marked on a map of 1778. It is situated on Coventry Road, east of Combe Abbey.
1 House, formerly lodge. Late 18th century. Sandstone ashlar with some brick to ends. 2 storeys; 2 window range, with one-storey, one-bay wings to left and right. In style of ...
A lodge that was built during the Imperial period and that was associated with Combe Abbey. The lodge is marked on an estate map of 1784. It is situated 500m west of Combe Abbey.
1 A dovecote was erected in the tower of a stable block which was designed by Nesfield in 1863.
2 The building exists but is no longer in use. It ...
A dovecote for breeding and housing doves or pigeons. It was a decorative feature built as part of the stable block at Combe Abbey. It dates to the Imperial period.
1 A turnpike or toll road established between 1750 and 1751. First Act 1754-5.
A toll road that was in use during the Imperial period. Travellers had to pay a toll to use the road. It ran from Coventry to Market Harborough.
1 The building known as Pump Cottage, Dove Cottage and the gardeners store dates from the late 18th century and may originally have been used as a brewhouse or laundry. ...
The building known as Pump Cottage, Dove Cottage and the gardeners store dates from the late 18th century and may originally have been used as a brewhouse or laundry. It has undergone extensive alteration and now contains no original features.
1 Site of gasworks marked on OS map of 1886.
2 The gas extraction plant was later converted into Gas Works Cottages, now demolished.
The site of a gasworks, where gas was produced during the Imperial period for domestic use. The gasworks is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886. It was situated at Little Wrautam.