This photograph was found in a Building Byelaw application file from 1937, for the erection of a house, milk shop and dairy: the photograph of the site was taken by ...
Look at some of the houses in West Street, and the brick frontages hint at the type of properties to be found elsewhere in Warwick after the Great Fire. Further ...
Timber framed buildings are subject to many alterations over the centuries and Oken’s House is no exception. Nevertheless, there were fascinating survivals from the past uncovered by this survey.
The findings
A ...
I have been carrying out a small private survey of timbered buildings in Warwick and was struck by the similarity in style of The Tudor Inn on West Street and ...
Northgate House is now used for among other things, meeting rooms for the council. This wasn’t always the case however.
The 1950s
In the early 1950s, my father worked for local government ...
What is a house in Virginia doing on a site about Warwickshire? At first, this may appear to be a strange choice for an article on this website, at least ...
This image of the Priory is part of the Waller collection, which is a valuable historical resource spanning eight centuries. The significant families within the collection are Wise and Waller. The ...
These two properties, which stand on the corner of New Street, are a single, ornate, timber-framed structure and have sometimes been known as ‘Seven Gables’ due to the number of ...
Warwickshire County Record Office has always had a mind to keep the documents in its care in good heart. Originally when the office was located in Shire Hall, and in ...