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Latitude: 52.4064 / 52°24'23"N
Longitude: -1.5105 / 1°30'37"W
OS Eastings: 433399
OS Northings: 278822
OS Grid: SP333788
Mapcode National: GBR HFN.5D
Mapcode Global: VHBWY.RSV4
Plus Code: 9C4WCF4Q+HR
Entry Name: Ford's Hospital
Listing Date: 5 February 1955
Grade: I
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1342891
English Heritage Legacy ID: 218487
Also known as: Ford's Hospital, Coventry
ID on this website: 101342891
Location: Coventry, West Midlands, CV1
County: Coventry
Electoral Ward/Division: St Michael's
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Coventry
Traditional County: Warwickshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): West Midlands
Church of England Parish: Coventry Holy Trinity
Church of England Diocese: Coventry
Tagged with: Hospital
5105
SP 3378 NW 10/27
GREYFRIARS LANE
Ford's Hospital
5.2.55.
I
Early C16. Also known as Greyfriar's Hospital. Endowed 1509 by will of William Ford. Additional endowment 1517 by William Pisford. Date 1529 on wall refers to appointment of feofees and possibly to additional building between courtyard and garden.
Timber frame with 1st floor oversailing. Badly damaged in air raid of November 1940 but rebuilt with original timbers 1951-3; altered by additional windows and stone walling to street. Much carving to timber framework, including miniature buttresses to close studding with bases and pinnacles. Four centred arched doorways with carved spandrels. Oak seats in courtyard corners. Rainwater heads 1784.
This entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 20 November 2019.
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